Fire type and hemisphere determine the effects of fire on the alpha and beta diversity of vertebrates: A global meta-analysis

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1146-1156

  Pastro, Louise A ^a   Dickman, Christopher R ^a   Letnic, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Meta analysis; Prescribed burn; Vertebrates; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

META-ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTEBRATE; WILDFIRE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84908391418     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12195     Document Type: Article

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