Fire, watershed resources, and aquatic ecosystems

Fire in California's Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 466-480

  Thode, Andrea E ^a   Kershner, Jeffrey L ^b   Roby, Ken ^c   Decker, Lynn M ^d   Beyers, Jan L ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

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