Forest fires and sustainability in the boreal forests of Canada

Ambio

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 545-550

  Weber, Michael G ^a   Stocks, Brian J ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CANADA;

EID: 0031744170     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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