Time and distance: Comparing motivations among forest landowners in New England, USA

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-108

  Rickenbach, Mark ^a   Kittredge, David B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absentee ownership; Length of ownership; Motivations; Neighbors; Private forest landowners

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LANDOWNERSHIP; SURVEY;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 59649122155     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-008-9071-1     Document Type: Article

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