Fuel reduction in residential and scenic forests: a comparison of three treatments in a western Montana ponderosa pine stand

USDA Forest Service - Research Papers RMRS

Volumn , Issue RMRS-RP-5, 1998, Pages

  Scott, Joe H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; THINNING;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0344267709     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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