Associations between forest fire and Mexican spotted owls

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 765-772

  Jenness, Jeffrey S ^a   Beier, Paul ^b   Ganey, Joseph L ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupancy; Prescribed burn; Reproduction; Stand maintenance; Stand replacement

Indexed keywords

FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; RISKS; STATISTICAL TESTS; SURVEYS;

FIRE RISKS; HABITATS; OWLS; WILDFIRES;

FIRES;

FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; PINUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVEYS; TOPOGRAPHY;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS LUCIDA;

EID: 13944266822     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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