Restoring ecosystem health in frequent-fire forest of the American West

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-11

  Covington, William Wallace ^a,b  

^a Department of Forest Ecology ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346704224     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.21.1.7     Document Type: Review

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