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ISRN Forestry
Volume 2012, Article ID 479491, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/479491
Research Article

Relative Contributions of Forest Vegetation, Land Cover, Topography and Climate in Explaining Fire Regime Patterns (1974–2005) in Peninsular Spain

Antonio Vázquez de la Cueva

Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Forest Research Centre, CIFOR-INIA, Ctra. A Coruña km 7,5, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Received 14 August 2012; Accepted 5 September 2012

Academic Editors: D. Czeszczewik, D. Huber, and J. F. Negron

Copyright © 2012 Antonio Vázquez de la Cueva. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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