Klamath Mountains bioregion

Fire in California's Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 170-194

  Skinner, Carl N ^a   Taylor, Alan H ^b   Agee, James K ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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