Chapter 17 Air Pollution Increases Forest Susceptibility to Wildfires: A Case Study in the San Bernardino Mountains in Southern California

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 365-403

  Grulke, Nancy E ^a   Minnich, Richard A ^a   Paine, Timothy D ^a   Seybold, Steve J ^a   Chavez, Deborah J ^a   Fenn, Mark E ^a   Riggan, Philip J ^a   Dunn, Alexander ^a  

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COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 51949102183     PISSN: 14748177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-8177(08)00017-X     Document Type: Review

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