Forest fires in Greece: Past, present and future

Wildland Fires: A Worldwide Reality

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 141-151

  Xanthopoulos, Gavriil ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fire history; Forest fire; Greece; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956819358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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