The wildland-urban interface in the United States

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 799-805

  Radeloff, V C ^a   Hammer, R B ^a   Stewart, S I ^b   Fried, J S ^c   Holcomb, S S ^a   McKeefry, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Housing growth; Urban sprawl; Urbanization; Wildfire; Wildland fire; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; URBANIZATION; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; CONNECTICUT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20444413077     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1413     Document Type: Article

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