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Forest fires and climate change: causes, consequences and management options

Cristina Aponte A D , William J. de Groot B and B. Mike Wotton C
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A School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Vic. 3121, Australia.

B Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, 1219 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 2E5, Canada.

C Natural Resources Canada – Canadian Forest Service, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3B3, Canada.

D Corresponding author. Email: caponte@unimelb.edu.au

International Journal of Wildland Fire 25(8) i-ii https://doi.org/10.1071/WFv25n8_FO
Published: 29 July 2016


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