Forest fire management, climate change, and the risk of catastrophic carbon losses

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 66-68

  Bowman, David M J S ^a   Murphy, Brett P ^b,c   Boer, Matthias M ^d   Bradstock, Ross A ^e   Cary, Geoffrey J ^f   Cochrane, Mark A ^b   Fensham, Roderick J ^g,h   Krawchuk, Meg A ⁱ   Price, Owen F ^e   Williams, Richard J ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 84875824625     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13.WB.005     Document Type: Letter

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