ACCOMMODATING MIXED-SEVERITY FIRE TO RESTORE AND MAINTAIN ECOSYSTEM INTEGRITY WITH A FOCUS ON THE SIERRA NEVADA OF CALIFORNIA, USA

Fire Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 148-171

  Dellasala, Dominick A ^a   Hutto, Richard L ^b   Hanson, Chad T ^c   Bond, Monica L ^c   Ingalsbee, Timothy ^d   Odion, Dennis ^e,f   Baker, William L ^g  

^a GEOS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c Earth Island Institute   (United States)

^d and Ecology ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

coarse filter; ecosystem integrity; fine filter; focal species; mixed severity fire; pyrodi versity; Sierra Nevada; species of conservation concern

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048409408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19339747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4996/FIREECOLOGY.130248173     Document Type: Article

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