Chapter 16 A Probabilistic View of Chaparral and Forest Fire Regimes in Southern California and Northern Baja California

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 339-364

  Minnich, Richard A ^a   Franco Vizcaíno, Ernesto ^a  

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EID: 52349124643     PISSN: 14748177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-8177(08)00016-8     Document Type: Review

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