Factors influencing large wildland fire suppression expenditures

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 650-659

  Liang, Jingjing ^a   Calkin, Dave E ^b   Gebert, Krista M ^b   Venn, Tyron J ^c   Silverstein, Robin P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Forestry Science Lab   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost containment; Fire economics; Geostatistics; Hierarchical partitioning; Hypothesis test

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849137360     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07010     Document Type: Article

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