Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events

Nature Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Bowman, David M J S ^a   Williamson, Grant J ^a   Abatzoglou, John T ^b   Kolden, Crystal A ^b   Cochrane, Mark A ^c   Smith, Alistair M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85029778892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2397334X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-016-0058     Document Type: Article

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