Valuing fire planning alternatives in forest restoration: Using derived demand to integrate economics with ecological restoration

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 141, Issue , 2014, Pages 190-200

  Rideout, Douglas B ^a   Ziesler, Pamela S ^a   Kernohan, Nicole J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Desired condition; Fire regime condition class; Landscape analysis; Spatial planning; Watershed; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CONSERVATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; RESTORATION; WATERSHEDS;

CONDITION; DESIRED CONDITIONS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FIRE REGIME CONDITION CLASS; FIRE REGIMES; FOREST RESTORATION; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PLANNING; WILDLAND FIRE;

FIRES;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPATIAL PLANNING; VALUATION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CASE STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; PROBABILITY; PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WATERSHED; WILDLIFE;

DESIRED CONDITION; FIRE REGIME CONDITION CLASS; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PLANNING; WATERSHED; WILDLAND FIRE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; FIRES; FORESTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TREES;

EID: 84901403655     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.03.023     Document Type: Article

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