Production possibility frontiers and socioecological tradeoffs for restoration of fire adapted forests.
We used spatial optimization to analyze alternative restoration scenarios and quantify tradeoffs for a large, multifaceted restoration program to restore resiliency to forest landscapes in the western US. We specifically examined tradeoffs between provisional ecosystem services, fire protection, and...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Environmental Management Vol. 176; pp. 157 - 169 |
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