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David M. J. S. Bowman, Grant J. Williamson, John T. Abatzoglou, et al. (2017). Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1(3). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-016-0058

Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events

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