Does it make sense to restore wildland fire in changing climate?

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 526-531

  Fulé, Peter Z ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Durango pine; Fire; Jeffrey pine; Ponderosa pine

Indexed keywords

PINUS JEFFREYI;

EID: 57049186669     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00489.x     Document Type: Editorial

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