Mega-fires around the world: A literature review

Wildland Fires: A Worldwide Reality

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 15-33

  Ferreira Leite, Flora ^a   Bento Gonçalves, António ^a   Vieira, António ^a   da Vinha, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Valley City State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Mega fires; Wildland fires

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956751010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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