Northeastern Plateaus bioregion

Fire in California's Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 225-263

  Riegel, Gregg M ^a   Miller, Richard F ^b   Skinner, Carl N ^a   Smith, Sydney E ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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