Surprises and lessons from the 1988 Yellowstone fires

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 351-358

  Turner, Monica G ^a   Romme, William H ^b   Tinker, Daniel B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 33751546791     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2003)001[0351:SALFTY]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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