Postfire management on forested public lands of the western United States

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 957-967

  Beschta, Robert L ^a   Rhodes, Jonathan J ^b   Kauffman, J Boone ^a   Gresswell, Robert E ^c   Minshall, G Wayne ^d   Karr, James R ^e   Perry, David A ^a,h   Hauer, F Richard ^f   Frissell, Christopher A ^g  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Senior Fishery Scientist Hydrologist   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^g Pacific Rivers Council   (United States)

^h Pacific Rivers Council ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological principles; Postfire treatments; Restoration; Salvage logging; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WILDFIRE;

RIPARIA;

EID: 4043114738     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00495.x     Document Type: Review

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