Does fire limit tree biomass in Australian savannas?

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-13

  Murphy, Brett P ^a   Liedloff, Adam C ^b   Cook, Garry D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; fire management; recruitment bottleneck; tropical savanna

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922459796     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF14092     Document Type: Review

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