The importance of framing for communicating risk and managing forest health

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 337-341

  Wilson, Robyn S ^a   Ascher, Timothy J ^a   Toman, Eric ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel management; Loss aversion; Restoration; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; FOREST HEALTH; FUEL MANAGEMENT; LIKELIHOOD OF FAILURES; LOSS AVERSION; PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING; RISK COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION; CONSERVATION; FUELS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION;

FORESTRY;

FOREST HEALTH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOLERANCE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; FUELS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84866366347     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.11-058     Document Type: Article

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