Changing forest disturbance regimes and risk perceptions in Homer, Alaska

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1597-1608

  Flint, Courtney G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Forest disturbance; Relationship with land managers; Risk perception; Spruce bark beetles

Indexed keywords

INSECT CONTROL; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

COMMUNITY RISK PERCEPTIONS; FOREST DISTURBANCE; LAND MANAGERS; SPRUCE BARK BEETLES;

FORESTRY;

BEETLE; DISTURBANCE; FIRE; MORTALITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; BEETLE; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; FIRE; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPRUCE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; ECOSYSTEM; EMERGENCIES; FIRES; FORESTRY; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PICEA; RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT; WEEVILS;

FORESTRY; PICEA; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALASKA; HOMER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; HEXAPODA; PICEA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 37249045998     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00991.x     Document Type: Article

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