Fire histories in ponderosa pine forests of Grand Canyon are well supported: Reply to Baker

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 439-445

  Fulé, Peter Z ^a   Heinlein, Thomas A ^a   Covington, W Wallace ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33748424102     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF06048     Document Type: Article

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