Manager-based valuations of alternative fire management regimes on Cape York Peninsula, Australia

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 660-673

  Drucker, Adam G ^a   Garnett, Stephen T ^a   Luckert, Marty K ^b   Crowley, Gabriel M ^a,c   Gobius, Niilo ^d  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c School of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (Australia)

^d Cape York Peninsula Development Association   (Australia)

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EID: 84984551839     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07102     Document Type: Article

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