Arctic tundra fires: natural variability and responses to climate change

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

• Publication date

  2015-09-01

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1890/150063
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