Optimal fire histories for biodiversity conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 473-481

  Kelly, Luke T ^a   Bennett, Andrew F ^b   Clarke, Michael F ^c   Mccarthy, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity index; Birds; Fire mosaic; Geometric mean; Patch mosaic burning; Pyrodiversity; Reptiles; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DECISION MAKING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; REPTILE; SEMIARID REGION; SMALL MAMMAL;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPTILE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPTILES;

EID: 84924567819     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12384     Document Type: Article

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