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Heterogeneity in fire severity within early season and late season prescribed burns in a mixed-conifer forest*

Eric E. Knapp A C and Jon E. Keeley B
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A US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, 3644 Avtech Parkway, Redding, CA 96002, USA.

B US Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sequoia and Kings Canyon Field Station, HCR 89 Box 4, Three Rivers, CA 93271, USA.

C Corresponding author. Email: eknapp@fs.fed.us

International Journal of Wildland Fire 15(1) 37-45 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF04068
Submitted: 13 December 2004  Accepted: 9 September 2005   Published: 6 March 2006



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