Beyond wildfire: Perspectives of climate, managed fire and policy in the USA

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 364-373

  Kolden, Crystal A ^a,b   Brown, Timothy J ^b  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire risk; Prescribed fire; Wildland fire use

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952493172     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF08111     Document Type: Article

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