Exploring the social characteristics of adaptive capacity for Wildfire: Insights from Flathead County, Montana

Human Ecology Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-124

  Paveglio, Travis B ^a   Carroll, Matthew S ^b   Jakes, Pamela J ^c   Prato, Tony ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Hazards; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM;

EID: 84875435703     PISSN: 10744827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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