Old-growth policy

Ecology and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Vosick, Diane ^a   Ostergren, David M ^a   Murfitt, Lucy ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northern Arizona University School of Forestry ^*

Author keywords

Diameter caps; Federal employee liability; Institutional barriers; Mexican spotted owl; Northern goshawk; Preservationist philosophy; Public education; Wildland fire use

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; LAND MANAGEMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POLICY MAKING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; THINNING; WILDERNESS AREA;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 41249098000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02172-120219     Document Type: Article

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