Fire and fuel management

Fire in California's Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 444-465

  Husari, Susan J ^a   Thomas Nichols, H ^a   Sugihara, Neil G ^b   Stephens, Scott L ^c  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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