Native American depopulation, reforestation, and fire regimes in the Southwest United States, 1492–1900 CE

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2016-01-25

• Fields of study

  Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science, History

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1521744113PMID 26811459PMCID PMC4760783
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