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Evaluating the ecological benefits of wildfire by integrating fire and ecosystem simulation models

Fire managers are now realizing that wildfires can be beneficial because they can reduce hazardous fuels and restore fire-dominated ecosystems. A software tool that assesses potential beneficial and detrimental ecological effects from wildfire would…

Author(s): Robert E. Keane, Eva C. Karau

Year Published: 2010

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Evaluating the ecological benefits of wildfire by integrating fire and ecosystem simulation models

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