Ownership matters: Forestland concentration in rural Alabama

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-410

  Bliss, John C ^a   Sisock, Mary L ^b   Birch, Thomas W ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest ownership; Land concentration; Land tenure; Rural development; Well being

Indexed keywords

FOREST LAND; LAND TENURE; LANDOWNERSHIP; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT;

USA, ALABAMA;

EID: 0031828344     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941929809381090     Document Type: Article

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