Mixed severity fire effects within the Rim fire: Relative importance of local climate, fire weather, topography, and forest structure

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  2015

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  Forest Ecology and Management

• Publication date

  2015-12-15

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.FORECO.2015.09.001
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