The ecology of mixed severity fire regimes in Washington, Oregon, and Northern California

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  2011

• Venue

  Forest Ecology and Management

• Publication date

  2011-09-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Chemistry, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.FORECO.2011.05.004
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