Balancing feasibility and precision of wildlife habitat analysis in planning for natural resources

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 869, 2012, Pages 103-114

  Morzillo, Anita T ^a   Halofsky, Joshua S ^b   DiMiceli, Jennifer ^c   Csuti, Blair ^a   Comeleo, Pamela ^a   Hemstrom, Miles ^a,d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington State Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^c ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuels management; Habitat; Land use planning; State and transition model; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURAL RESOURCE; PRECISION; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84873118873     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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