Canadian boreal forest ecosystem structure and function in a changing climate: impact on fire regimes

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• Publication year

  1997

• Venue

  Environmental Reviews

• Publication date

  1997-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1139/A97-008
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