Response of Savanna Fire Regimes to Changing Fire-Management Policies in a Large African National Park
Article Abstract:
The seasonal distribution and spatial heterogeneity of prescribed burning and lightning-dominated fire regimes in South Africa's Kruger National Park are analyzed. A flexible prescribed burning regime that includes lightning-ignited fires is adopted.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2004
South Africa, Management dynamics, Methods, Management, Comparative analysis, Company business management, Kruger National Park, South Africa, Prescribed burning, Lightning
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2004
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Pyromancy: Reading Stories in the Flames
Article Abstract:
The role of fire in shaping the world's nature history and its ecology is delineated. Topics include public lands policies and the need for a biologically based theory of fire.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2004
United States, Government domestic functions, Pacific States, Mountain States, History, Environmental policy, Wildfires, Western United States
Publication Name: Conservation Biology
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0888-8892
Year: 2004
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Subjects list: Research, Environmental aspects, Fire ecology
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