Modeling wildfire risk to northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) habitat in Central Oregon, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 246, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 45-56

  Ager, Alan A ^a   Finney, Mark A ^b   Kerns, Becky K ^a   Maffei, Helen ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Expected loss; FlamMap; Forest vegetation simulator; Northern spotted owl; Wildfire risk; Wildfire simulation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXPECTED LOSS; FLAMMAP; FOREST VEGETATION SIMULATOR;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MODELING; RAPTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDFIRE;

BIODIVERSITY; FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 34250722170     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.070     Document Type: Article

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