Correspondence: Uncertainty in Climate-Vegetation Feedbacks on Fire Regimes Challenges Reliable Long-Term Projections of Burnt Area from Correlative Models
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Brotons, L.; Duane, A. Correspondence: Uncertainty in Climate-Vegetation Feedbacks on Fire Regimes Challenges Reliable Long-Term Projections of Burnt Area from Correlative Models. Fire 2019, 2, 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire2010008
Brotons L, Duane A. Correspondence: Uncertainty in Climate-Vegetation Feedbacks on Fire Regimes Challenges Reliable Long-Term Projections of Burnt Area from Correlative Models. Fire. 2019; 2(1):8. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire2010008
Chicago/Turabian StyleBrotons, Lluís, and Andrea Duane. 2019. "Correspondence: Uncertainty in Climate-Vegetation Feedbacks on Fire Regimes Challenges Reliable Long-Term Projections of Burnt Area from Correlative Models" Fire 2, no. 1: 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire2010008