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Tree-Ring Reconstructions of Fire and Climate History in the Sierra Nevada and Southwestern United States

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Fire and Climatic Change in Temperate Ecosystems of the Western Americas

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  1. Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0260, USA

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    William L. Baker

  3. Departmento de Ciencias Vegetales Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 306, Santiago, Chile

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    Thomas W. Swetnam

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Swetnam, T.W., Baisan, C.H. (2003). Tree-Ring Reconstructions of Fire and Climate History in the Sierra Nevada and Southwestern United States. In: Veblen, T.T., Baker, W.L., Montenegro, G., Swetnam, T.W. (eds) Fire and Climatic Change in Temperate Ecosystems of the Western Americas. Ecological Studies, vol 160. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21710-X_6

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