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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

    Thomas T. Veblen

  2. Department of Geography and Recreation, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA

    William L. Baker

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

    Gloria Montenegro

  4. Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA

    Thomas W. Swetnam

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Veblen, T.T., Kitzberger, T., Raffaele, E., Lorenz, D.C. (2003). Fire History and Vegetation Changes in Northern Patagonia, Argentina. 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_9

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