Housing Arrangement and Location Determine the Likelihood of Housing Loss Due to Wildfire

Alexandra D. Syphard; Jon E. Keeley; Avi Bar Massada; Teresa J. Brennan; Volker C. Radeloff

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033954

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Housing Arrangement and Location Determine the Likelihood of Housing Loss Due to Wildfire

Alexandra D. Syphard ,

* E-mail: asyphard@consbio.org

Affiliation Conservation Biology Institute, La Mesa, California, United States of America
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Jon E. Keeley,

Affiliations United States Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station, Three Rivers, California, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Avi Bar Massada,

Affiliation Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Teresa J. Brennan,

Affiliation United States Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sequoia-Kings Canyon Field Station, Three Rivers, California, United States of America
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Volker C. Radeloff

Affiliation Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Housing Arrangement and Location Determine the Likelihood of Housing Loss Due to Wildfire

Alexandra D. Syphard,
Jon E. Keeley,
Avi Bar Massada,
Teresa J. Brennan,
Volker C. Radeloff

Published: March 28, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033954

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