Deciding where to burn: Stakeholder priorities for prescribed burning of a fire-dependent Ecosystem

Ecology and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Costanza, Jennifer K ^a,b   Moody, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative conservation; Fire management; Longleaf pine; Management liability; Risk; Wildfire; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER; WILDFIRE;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 79954486662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-03897-160114     Document Type: Article

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