Holocene fire regimes across the Altai-Sayan Mountains and adjacent plains: interaction with climate and vegetation types

Zhang, Dongliang; Tatiana, Blyakharchuk; Sun, Aizhi; Huang, Xiaozhong; Li, Yuejing

doi:10.5194/cp-22-445-2026

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Holocene fire regimes across the Altai-Sayan Mountains and adjacent plains: interaction with climate and vegetation types

Dongliang Zhang, Blyakharchuk Tatiana, Aizhi Sun, Xiaozhong Huang, and Yuejing Li

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