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Influence of water and terpenes on flammability in some dominant Mediterranean species

G. A. Alessio A C , J. Peñuelas A , J. Llusià A , R. Ogaya A , M. Estiarte A and M. De Lillis B
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A Unitat d’Ecofisiologia CSIC-CEAB-CREAF, CREAF (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.

B Università del Molise, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie per l’Ambiente e il Territorio (STAT), C. da Fonte Lappone, I-86090 Pesche, Isernia, Italy.

C Corresponding author. Email: gaalessio@creaf.uab.es or josep.penuelas@uab.cat

International Journal of Wildland Fire 17(2) 274-286 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF07038
Submitted: 21 February 2007  Accepted: 15 October 2007   Published: 18 April 2008



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