Reducing fuels in the wildlandurban interface: Community perceptions of agency fuels treatments

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 340-349

  Toman, Eric ^a   Stidham, Melanie ^b   Shindler, Bruce ^b   McCaffrey, Sarah ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

fire management; social acceptance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955957000     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF10042     Document Type: Article

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