Not getting burned: The importance of fire prevention in forest management

Land Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 284-302

  Amacher, Gregory S ^a   Malik, Arun S ^b   Haight, Robert G ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EID: 21444447457     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.81.2.284     Document Type: Article

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