The role of prescribed burn associations in the application of prescribed fires in rangeland ecosystems

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 323-328

  Toledo, David ^a   Kreuter, Urs P ^a   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 andM University System   (United States)

Author keywords

Landowner associations; Perceived risk; Prescribed fire; Subjective norms

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESTORATION;

DEGRADED ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE REGIMES; LANDOWNER ASSOCIATION; LANDSCAPE SCALE; PERCEIVED RISK; PRESCRIBED BURN; PRESCRIBED FIRES; PRIVATE LAND; RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM; SUBJECTIVE NORM;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; ECOREGION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; RANGELAND; RISK PERCEPTION; SAVANNA; WOODY PLANT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BURN; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; GRASSLAND; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; RANGELAND; SAVANNA; SKILL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WOODY PLANT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

LANDOWNER ASSOCIATIONS; PERCEIVED RISK; PRESCRIBED FIRE; SUBJECTIVE NORMS;

ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; HUMANS; OWNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; TEXAS;

EID: 84890335066     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.11.014     Document Type: Article

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