Spot fires

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 854, 2011, Pages 81-87

  Potter, Brian E ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; WILDFIRE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 82455179569     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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