Historic fire frequency in mountain big sagebrush communities of the eastern Great Basin and Colorado Plateau: A comparison of estimates based upon proxy fire scar records and predictions derived from post-fire succession rates
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Historic fire frequency in mountain big sagebrush communities of the eastern Great Basin and Colorado Plateau: A comparison of estimates based upon proxy fire scar records and predictions derived from post-fire succession rates" (2013).
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