Post-fire seeding in western united states forests: Perspectives of resource managers

Fire Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-42

  Peppin, Donna L ^a   Mottek Lucas, Anne L ^b   Fulé, Peter Z ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mottek Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

BAER; Effectiveness monitoring; Emergency stabilization; Native seed

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; PERCEPTION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOIL EROSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899444118     PISSN: 19339747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/fireecology.1001031     Document Type: Article

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