Fire interactions and mass fires

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 854, 2011, Pages 49-71

  Finney, Mark A ^a   McAllister, Sara S ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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

EID: 82455212382     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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