Small-scale non-industrial private forest ownership in the United States: Rationale and implications for forest management

Silva Fennica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 443-454

  Zhang, Yaoqi ^a   Zhang, Daowei ^a   Schelhas, John ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic efficiency; Forest land parcelization; Land use change; Non industrial private forest; Timber supply; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; TIMBER;

ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; FOREST LAND PARCELIZATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NON-INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FORET (NIPF); TIMBER SUPPLY; TRANSACTION COSTS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PRIVATE LAND; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

COSTS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; PARTNERSHIPS; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27144519151     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 00375330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.378     Document Type: Review

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