Effect of fire on small mammals: A systematic review

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1034-1043

  Griffiths, Anthony D ^a,c   Brook, Barry W ^b  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Department of Land Resource Management ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

disturbance; effect size; extinction; model selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908239016     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF14026     Document Type: Review

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