Human perceptions of forest fragmentation: Implications for natural disturbance management

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 256-264

  Meitner, Michael J ^a   Gandy, Ryan ^a   D'Eon, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effects of information; Environmental perception; Forest fragmentation; Forest management; Human perception; Natural disturbance

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; HARVESTING; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

FOREST FRAGMENTATION; HARVEST PATTERNS; HUMAN PERCEPTIONS; TREE RETENTION;

FORESTRY;

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

EID: 18844373687     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc81256-2     Document Type: Article

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