Forest landowner decisions and the value of information under fire risk

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2603-2615

  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 USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; HARVESTING; RISKS;

FIRE RISKS; FUEL REDUCTION; LANDOWNER DECISIONS;

FORESTRY;

DECISION MAKING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION; LANDOWNER; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDFIRE;

FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33644559073     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-143     Document Type: Article

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