Chapter 18 Fire Effects on Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in Forests of The Sierra Nevada

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 405-423

  Johnson, Dale W ^a   Fenn, Mark E ^a   Miller, Watkins W ^a   Hunsaker, Carolyn F ^a  

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EID: 51949102764     PISSN: 14748177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-8177(08)00018-1     Document Type: Review

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