Short- and long-term effects of fire on carbon in US dry temperate forest systems

BioScience

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-146

  Hurteau, Matthew D ^a   Brooks, Matthew L ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon stability; climate change; fire severity; forest management; fuels management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951572546     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.2.9     Document Type: Article

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