To burn or not to burn: Ecological restoration, liability concerns, and the role of prescribed burning associations

Rangelands

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 18-23

  Toledo, David ^a   Kreuter, Urs P ^b   Sorice, Michael G ^b   Taylor, Charles A ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPISODIC EVENT; LANDOWNER; LIABILITY; LIVESTOCK; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84860468391     PISSN: 01900528     EISSN: 1551501X     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-11-00037.1     Document Type: Article

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