Influence of seasonal weather variations on fuel status for some shrubs typical of mediterranean basin

Joint Meeting of the Sixth Symposium on FIre and Forest Meteorology and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 197-202

  Pellizzaro, Grazia ^a   Ventura, Andrea ^a   Zara, Pierpaolo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

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