Managing Fire and Biodiversity in the Wildland-Urban Interface: A Role for Green Firebreaks
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Curran, T.J.; Perry, G.L.W.; Wyse, S.V.; Alam, M.A. Managing Fire and Biodiversity in the Wildland-Urban Interface: A Role for Green Firebreaks. Fire 2018, 1, 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1010003
Curran TJ, Perry GLW, Wyse SV, Alam MA. Managing Fire and Biodiversity in the Wildland-Urban Interface: A Role for Green Firebreaks. Fire. 2018; 1(1):3. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1010003
Chicago/Turabian StyleCurran, Timothy J., George L. W. Perry, Sarah V. Wyse, and Md Azharul Alam. 2018. "Managing Fire and Biodiversity in the Wildland-Urban Interface: A Role for Green Firebreaks" Fire 1, no. 1: 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire1010003