A comparison of fire hazard mitigation alternatives in pinyon-juniper woodlands of Arizona

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 628-635

  Huffman, David W ^a   Fulé, Peter Z ^a   Crouse, Joseph E ^a   Pearson, Kristen M ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juniperus osteosperma; Mechanical thinning; Pinus edulis; Prescribed fire; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; FUELS; LAND USE;

JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; MECHANICAL THINNING; PINUS EDULIS; PRESCRIBED FIRE; WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE;

FIRES;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; THINNING; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

FIRES; FUELS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; LAND USE; PINUS EDULIS; THINNING;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OSTEOSPERMA; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 56649102169     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.041     Document Type: Article

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