Sierra Nevada bioregion

Fire in California's Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 264-294

  Van Wagtendonk, Jan W ^a   Fites Kaufman, Joann ^b  

^a US Geologic Survey   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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