Facing short-term extrapolation with long-term evidence: Holocene fire in the north-eastern US forests

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 377-380

  Clark, James S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030747363     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960510     Document Type: Review

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