Managerial and institutional factors affect prescribed burning costs

Forest Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 535-543

  González Cabán, Armando ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Fire economics; Fire management; Risk attitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030694680     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestscience/43.4.535     Document Type: Article

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