Climatic change, wildfire, and conservation

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 890-902

  McKenzie, Donald ^a   Gedalof, Ze'ev ^b   Peterson, David L ^a   Mote, Philip ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Conservation; Fire history; General circulation models; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MIMOSA;

EID: 4043136635     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00492.x     Document Type: Review

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