Spotted owls and forest fire: Comment

GAVIN M. JONES , R. J. GUTI ERREZ, WILLIAM M. BLOCK, PETER C. CARLSON, EMILY J. COMFORT, SAMUEL A. CUSHMAN, RAYMOND J. DAVIS, STEPHANIE A. EYES, ALAN B. FRANKLIN, JOSEPH L. GANEY, SHAULA HEDWALL, JOHN J. KEANE, RODD KELSEY, DAMON B. LESMEISTER , MALCOLM P. NORTH, SUSAN L. ROBERTS, JEREMY T. ROCKWEIT , JAMIE S. SANDERLIN, SARAH C. SAWYER, BEN SOLVESKY, DOUGLAS J. TEMPEL, HO YI WAN , A. LEROY WESTERLING, GARY C. WHITE, AND M. ZACHARIAH PEERY

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Ecosphere

• Publication date

  2020-12-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1002/ecs2.3312
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