Social and ecological factors influencing attitudes toward the application of high-intensity prescribed burns to restore fire adapted grassland ecosystems

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Toledo, David ^a   Sorice, Michael G ^b   Kreuter, Urs P ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High intensity prescribed burn; Prescribed fire; Social ecological systems; Structural model; Subjective norms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; LANDOWNER; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RISK PERCEPTION; SAVANNA;

EID: 84890371785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05820-180409     Document Type: Article

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