Propensity for fire in Guianan rainforests

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 944-947

  Hammond, D S ^a   Ter Steege, H ^a  

^a CABI   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031671697     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.012005944.x     Document Type: Review

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