Landscape analysis of Aboriginal fire management in Central Arnhem Land, north Australia

Bowman, David M.J.S. and Walsh, A. and Prior, L.D. (2004) Landscape analysis of Aboriginal fire management in Central Arnhem Land, north Australia. Journal of Biogeography, 31 (2). pp. 207-223. ISSN 0305-0270

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.0305-0270.2003.00997.x

Abstract

To describe the spatial and temporal pattern of landscape burning with increasing distance from Aboriginal settlements. Location: Central Arnhem Land, a stronghold of traditional Aboriginal culture, in the Australian monsoon tropics.

Item Type:	Article
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Keywords:	Fire-scar mapping, indigenous ecological knowledge, geographical information systems, landscape ecology, remote sensing, tropical savanna, wildfire management.
Subjects:	270000 Biological Sciences > 270400 Botany 270000 Biological Sciences
ID Code:	2426
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Deposited On:	12 Nov 2007 10:12
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2008 02:30
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