Setting priorities for private land conservation in fire-prone landscapes: Are fire risk reduction and biodiversity conservation competing or compatible objectives?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Syphard, Alexandra D ^a   Butsic, Van ^a   Bar Massada, Avi ^b   Keeley, Jon E ^c   Tracey, Jeff A ^c   Fisher, Robert N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing arrangement; Reserve design; Site selection; Southern California; Species richness; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRIVATE LAND; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; SAN DIEGO COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84989184598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-08410-210302     Document Type: Article

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