Assessing the effect of management changes and environmental features on the spatio- temporal pattern of fire in an African Savanna. Fire spatio-temporal pattern

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 28, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Attorre, Fabio ^a   Govender, Navashni ^b   Hausmann, Anna ^c   Farcomeni, Alessio ^d   Guillet, Alfredo ^e   Scepi, Edoardo ^f   Smit, Izak P J ^b,g   Vitale, Marcello ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs   (Italy)

^f PROGES Consulting Progetti di Sviluppo Srl   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Fire frequency; Fire intensity; Fire management system; Fire policy; Generalized linear mixed models; Kruger National Park

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; PLANNING PROCESS; SAVANNA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84946404506     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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