Pre-Columbian native American use of fire, on southern appalachian landscapes

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1010-1014

  Delcourt, Hazel R ^a   Delcourt, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 1842406031     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.96338.x     Document Type: Article

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