Fire and sustainability: Considerations for california's altered future climate

Climatic Change

Volumn 87, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2007, Pages

  Moritz, Max A ^a   Stephens, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE REGIMES; FIRE SURROGATES; FUTURE CLIMATE; NATURAL HAZARD; RISK-BASED; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; WILDFIRE DAMAGES;

ECOSYSTEMS; GREENHOUSE GASES; URBAN GROWTH;

FIRES;

EID: 58849104546     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9361-1     Document Type: Article

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