Different historical fire-climate patterns in California

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 253-268

  Keeley, Jon E ^a,b   Syphard, Alexandra D ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Conservation Biology Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

area burned; chaparral; climate change; forests; grasslands; ignitions; seasonal temperatures

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017288606     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF16102     Document Type: Article

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