Assessing private forest owner attitudes toward ecosystem-based management

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-35

  Belin, Daniel L ^a   Kittredge, David B ^b   Stevens, Thomas H ^b   Dennis, Donald C ^c   Schweik, Charles M ^b   Morzuch, Bernard J ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem based management; Private forest owners

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; WETLANDS;

NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FORESTLANDS (NIPF); POLICY MAKERS; PRIVATE FOREST OWNERS; RESPONDENTS;

FORESTRY;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PRIVATE OWNERSHIP; WETLANDS;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14644388852     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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