Estimating suppression expenditures for individual large wildland fires

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 188-196

  Gebert, Krista M ^a   Calkin, David E ^a   Yoder, Jonathan ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Fire characteristics; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FIRE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC FIRE PLANNING; WILDLAND FIRES;

FIRES;

EID: 34547520130     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/22.3.188     Document Type: Article

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