A 229-year dendroclimatic-inferred record of forest fire activity for the Boreal Shield of Canada

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 375-388

  Girardin, Martin P ^a,c   Bergeron, Yves ^b   Tardif, Jacques C ^c   Gauthier, Sylvie ^a   Flannigan, Mike D ^d   Mudelsee, Manfred ^e,f  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^d GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f Climate Risk Analysis   (Germany)

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EID: 33748440060     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05065     Document Type: Article

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