First approximations of prescribed fire risks relative to other management techniques used on private lands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Twidwell, Dirac ^a   Wonkka, Carissa L ^a   Sindelar, Michael T ^a   Weir, John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FATALITY; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACHINE; OCCUPATION; PERCEPTION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RISK FACTOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; PRIVATE SECTOR;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR;

EID: 84949009040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140410     Document Type: Article

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