Effects of the fire regime on mammal occurrence after wildfire: Site effects vs landscape context in fire-prone forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 363, Issue , 2016, Pages 130-139

  Chia, Evelyn K ^a   Bassett, Michelle ^a   Leonard, Steve W J ^b   Holland, Greg J ^a   Ritchie, Euan G ^a   Clarke, Michael F ^b   Bennett, Andrew F ^a,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biodiversity; Climate; Fire severity; Heterogeneity; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MAMMALS; REFORESTATION; SURVEYS;

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; FIRE SEVERITY; HETEROGENEITY; SURVIVAL;

FIRES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84952685311     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.12.008     Document Type: Article

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