Objective and perceived wildfire risk and its influence on private forest landowners' fuel reduction activities in Oregon's (USA) ponderosa pine ecoregion

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-153

  Fischer, A Paige ^a   Kline, Jeffrey D ^a   Ager, Alan A ^b   Charnley, Susan ^b   Olsen, Keith A ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel treatments; Landscape models; Non industrial private forest landowners; Wildfire risk; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893534512     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF12164     Document Type: Article

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