Will climate change drive 21st century burn rates in Canadian boreal forest outside of its natural variability: Collating global climate model experiments with sedimentary charcoal data

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1127-1139

  Bergeron, Yves ^a   Cyr, Dominic ^b   Girardin, Martin P ^c   Carcaillet, Christopher ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

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EID: 77955295842     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF09092     Document Type: Article

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