What Drives Low-Severity Fire in the Southwestern USA?
Many dry conifer forests in the southwestern USA and elsewhere historically (prior to the late 1800’s) experienced fairly frequent surface fire at intervals ranging from roughly five to 30 years. Due to more than 100 years of successful fire exclusion, however, many of these forests are now denser a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-03-01
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Series: | Forests |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/9/4/165 |