Post-fire succession during the long-term absence of fire in coastal heathland and a test of the chronosequence survey method

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 572-580

  Freestone, Marc ^a,b   Wills, Timothy J ^a,c   Read, Jennifer ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ecology and Heritage Partners   (Australia)

^c GHD PTY LTD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE HISTORY; HEATHLAND; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDICTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND LAKES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84943256729     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: 14449862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT14345     Document Type: Article

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