Chapter 5 Effects of Wildland Fire on Regional and Global Carbon Stocks in a Changing Environment

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 109-138

  Conard, Susan G ^a   Solomon, Allen M ^a  

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DOI: 10.1016/S1474-8177(08)00005-3     Document Type: Review

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