Wildfires, communities, and agencies: Stakeholders' perceptions of postfire forest restoration and rehabilitation

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 370-379

  Ryan, Robert L ^a   Hamin, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative planning; Place attachment and natural resources; Postwildlife forest rehabilitation; Western United States; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REPAIR; RESTORATION;

COLLABORATIVE PLANNING; PLACE ATTACHMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; POSTWILDLIFE FOREST REHABILITATION; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE;

CONSERVATION;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER; WILDFIRE;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANNING; RESTORATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58449090910     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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