Adapting Habitat Equivalency Analysis (HEA) to assess environmental loss and compensatory restoration following severe forest fires

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 294, Issue , 2013, Pages 166-177

  Hanson, David A ^a   Britney, Erika M ^a   Earle, Christopher J ^a   Stewart, Thomas G ^a  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem service loss; Forest fire ecosystem damages; Forest fire risk; Habitat equivalency analysis; Habitat valuation

Indexed keywords

BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FOREST FIRES; HABITAT EQUIVALENCY ANALYSIS; NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

DEFORESTATION; FIRES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; RESTORATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPENSATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST FIRE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

DEFORESTATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; LEGISLATION; RESTORATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874973139     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.032     Document Type: Article

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