Mapping fire regimes across time and space: Understanding coarse and fine-scale fire patterns

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 329-342

  Morgan, Penelope ^a   Hardy, Colin C ^b   Swetnam, Thomas W ^c   Rollins, Matthew G ^b   Long, Donald G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0035643607     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/wf01032     Document Type: Article

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