Ranchland ownership dynamics in the Rocky Mountain west

Rangeland Ecology and Management

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-198

  Gosnell, Hannah ^a   Travis, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenity buyer; Landowner typology; Ownership transition; Ranch sales

Indexed keywords

LANDOWNERSHIP; RANCHING;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 22744454987     PISSN: 15507424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2111/1551-5028(2005)58<191:RODITR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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