The effects of fire on recreation demand in Montana

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-53

  Hesseln, Hayley ^a   Loomis, John B ^b   González Cabán, Armando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prescribed fire; Recreation demand; Travel cost method; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FIRES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYS;

PRESCRIBED FIRE; RECREATION DEMAND; TRAVEL COST METHOD; WILDFIRE;

FORESTRY;

EID: 1642496800     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/19.1.47     Document Type: Article

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