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Fire Ecology I

Rackham Fig. 4: Occupational fires

Occupational burning of tree-heather (Erica arborea) and strawberry-tree (Arbutus unedo) - in early April, which reduces the risk of wildfire.
Strovlés, west Crete, April 1988
photo of occupational fires in Crete

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