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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-1449-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-1449-2014
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19 Mar 2014
Research article |  | 19 Mar 2014

Fractal properties of forest fires in Amazonia as a basis for modelling pan-tropical burnt area

I. N. Fletcher, L. E. O. C. Aragão, A. Lima, Y. Shimabukuro, and P. Friedlingstein

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