A network optimization framework for fuel break planning in wildfire-prone landscapes: Accounting for fuel break failures and wildlife conservation goals

• Denys Yemshanov ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: denys.yemshanov@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

  Affiliation Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6992-9614

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• Ning Liu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization

  Affiliation Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

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• Eric W. Neilson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Daniel Thompson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

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• Frank H. Koch,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Kelsey Gritter

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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