Wildfires in Chernobyl-contaminated forests and risks to the population and the environment: A new nuclear disaster about to happen?
Radioactive contamination in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia after the Chernobyl accident left large rural and forest areas to their own fate. Forest succession in conjunction with lack of forest management started gradually transforming the landscape. During the last 28 years dead wood and litter have...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Environment International |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412014002608 |