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http://dx.doi.org/10.5141/JEFB.2005.28.1.055

Fire and Rangeland's Management in India  

Paulsamy, S. (Department of Botany, Kongunadu Arts and Science College)
Manian, S. (Department of Botany, Bharathiar University)
Kil, Bong-Seop (Division of Life Science, Wonkwang University)
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The Korean Journal of Ecology / v.28, no.1, 2005 , pp. 55-61 More about this Journal
Abstract
Fire, usually a detrimental factor makes changes in commonly structure and functions when it is practiced properly. In countries like Australia, South Africa, Japan and Texas in USA etc., fire is used as a tool to manage the natural ecosystems in productive condition on the basis of ecological approach. However, in developing countries like India there is effective measure to use and control fire in rangelands. This review provides knowledge on changes in sociological characters of plants, biomass profile, cycling of materials and strategy to use fire for the shaping of communities in different rangelands located in India and other countries. Further, the informations furnished in this article will be more useful for the forest managers, planners of rangelands and administrators in countries like India and tropical countries with similar bioclimatic conditions to prepare appropriate management plans where the fire is an integral factor.
Keywords
Biomass; Fire management; Forest fire; Nutrient cycling; Phytosociology;
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