Corrigendum to "A comparison of landscape fuel treatment strategies to mitigate wildland fire risk in the urban interface and preserve old forest structure" [Forest Ecol. Manage. 259 (2010) 1556-1570] (DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.032);A comparison of landscape fuel treatment strategies to mitigate wildland fire risk in the urban interface and preserve old forest structure

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1556-1570

  Ager, Alan A ^a   Vaillant, Nicole M ^b   Finney, Mark A ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn probability; Wildfire risk; Wildfire simulation models; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FIRES; FUELS; RESTORATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

BURN PROBABILITIES; ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENTS; FOREST VEGETATION SIMULATOR; QUANTITATIVE RISK ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES; WILDFIRE RISKS; WILDFIRE SIMULATION; WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS BURNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST HEALTH; FUEL; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAND STRUCTURE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA; WILDFIRE;

CONSERVATION; FLAMMABILITY; FOREST FIRES; FUELS; HEALTH; PROBABILITY; RESTORATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649275465     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.03.012     Document Type: Erratum

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