Wildland-urban interface maps vary with purpose and context

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-83

  Stewart, Susan I ^a   Wilmer, Bo ^b   Hammer, Roger B ^c   Aplet, Gregory H ^d   Hawbaker, Todd J ^e   Miller, Carol ^f   Radeloff, Volker C ^g  

^a NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b The Wilderness Society   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Wilderness Society Washington DC   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f USDA Forest Service Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire policy; GIS; Healthy Forest Restoration Act; National Fire Plan; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

FIRE POLICY; GIS; HEALTHY FOREST RESTORATION ACT; NATIONAL FIRE PLAN; WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE;

CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESTORATION;

FIRES;

CARTOGRAPHY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MAPPING; WILDFIRE;

EID: 67449147168     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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