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Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 330-333

  Spies, Thomas A ^a,b   Miller, Jay D ^b   Buchanan, Joseph B ^c   Lehmkuhl, John F ^d   Franklin, Jerry F ^e   Healey, Sean P ^f   Hessburg, Paul F ^d   Safford, Hugh D ^g   Cohen, Warren B ^a   Kennedy, Rebecca S H ^a   Knapp, Eric E ^h   Agee, James K ^e   Moeur, Melinda ^g  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^g USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^h PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FIRE; NOTE; OWL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREE;

ANIMALS; FIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRIGIFORMES; TREES;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 74549145658     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01414.x     Document Type: Note

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