Fire severity is more sensitive to low fuel moisture content on Calluna heathlands than on peat bogs.

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Science of the Total Environment

• Publication date

  2018-03-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.192PMID 29111249
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