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Polar Research Volume 28, 2009 - Issue 1: Special Issue: Climate Change Impacts, Adaption and Vulnurability in the Arctic
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Original Articles

Vulnerability and adaptation to climate-related fire impacts in rural and urban interior Alaska

Sarah F. TrainorInstitute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 755960, Fairbanks, AK 99775-5960, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Monika CalefDepartment of Geography and Planning, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1400 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12222, USA
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David NatcherDepartment of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics, University of Saskatchewan, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatchewan S7N 5A8, Canada
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F. Stuart Chapin IiiInstitute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757000, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000, USA
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A. David McGuireAlaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, 209 Irving 1, P.O. Box 757020, AK 99775-7020, USA
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Orville HuntingtonAlaska Native Science Commission, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA
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Paul DuffySchool of Natural Resource and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757140, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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T. Scott RuppSchool of Natural Resource and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757140, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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La’Ona DeWildeInstitute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757000, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000, USA
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Mary Kwart 7014 Fairweather Park Loop, Anchorage, AK 99518, USA
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Nancy FrescoSchool of Natural Resource and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 757140, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
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Amy Lauren LovecraftDepartment of Political Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, P.O. Box 756420, AK 99775-6420, USA
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Pages 100-118 | Published online: 16 Dec 2016

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