Integration of Northern spotted owl habitat and fuels treatments in the eastern Cascades, Washington, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2045-2052

  Gaines, William L ^a   Harrod, Richy J ^a   Dickinson, James ^b   Lyons, Andrea L ^a   Halupka, Karl ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c USDI Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Eastern Cascades; Fuels treatment; Logistic regression; Northern spotted owl; Range of variation; Washington

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; EASTERN CASCADES; FUELS TREATMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL; RANGE OF VARIATION; WASHINGTON;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FORESTRY; LAND RECLAMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION;

FUELS;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTURBANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUEL; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; RAPTOR; RARE SPECIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; LAND RECLAMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; WASHINGTON;

CASCADE RANGE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 77957902950     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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