Forest fires: An example of self-organized critical behavior

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5384, 1998, Pages 1840-1842

  Malamud, Bruce D ^a   Morein, Gleb ^a   Turcotte, Donald L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

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ARTICLE; FIRE; FOREST; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0032544342     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5384.1840     Document Type: Article

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