Overestimation of Fire Risk in the Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Plan: Research Note

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1314-1319

  Hanson, Chad T ^a   Odion, Dennis C ^b,c   Dellasala, Dominick A ^d   Baker, William L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Center for Conservation Science and Policy   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry forests; Fuel treatments; High severity fire; Northern Spotted Owl; Strix occidentalis caurina; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

DRY FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIRE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RAPTOR; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; OWL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FIRES; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRIGIFORMES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 70349207239     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01265.x     Document Type: Article

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