Fire suppression impacts on postfire recovery of Sierra Nevada chaparral shrublands

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-265

  Keeley, Jon E ^a,b   Pfaff, Anne H ^a   Safford, Hugh D ^c,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS CUNEATUS;

EID: 27544485339     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05049     Document Type: Article

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