Large wildland fires in three diverse regions in Spain from 1978 to 2010

Forest Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 526-534

  Cardil, A ^a   Molina, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest management; Large wildland fires; Spain; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889634769     PISSN: 21715068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/fs/2013223-03899     Document Type: Article

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