Climate change is an influential factor in increasing fires in the eastern Hyrcanian vegetation area.

Document Type : Scientific Views

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1 Assistant Prof., Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Prof., Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extention Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

10.22092/irn.2023.130367

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