Ecology and long-term history of fire in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 157-176

  Perry, George L W ^a,b   Wilmshurst, Janet M ^a,c   McGlone, Matt S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Charcoal record; Fire regime; Human fire interactions; Invasive species; Pyrogeography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904472535     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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