Assessing risks to spotted owls from forest thinning in fire-adapted forests of the western United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 191-209

  Lee, Danny C ^a   Irwin, Larry L ^b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b National Council for Stream and Air Improvement   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Forest thinning; Risk assessment; Spotted owl; Strix occidentalis; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; FUELS; HARVESTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIMBER;

CANOPY COVER (CC); FOREST ECOLOGY; FUEL TREATMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; THINNING;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FUELS; HARVESTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 19644379515     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.02.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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