Fire Climatology in the western United States: Introduction to special issue

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Swetnam, Thomas W ^a   Anderson, R Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 39449091941     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF08016     Document Type: Article

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