Owner-specific factors associated with conversion activity in secondary pine plantations

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 230-236

  Van Herzele, Ann ^a   Van Gossum, Peter ^b  

^a Free University of Brussels ^*  (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conversion of coniferous forests; Flanders; Forest management; Motivation of ownership; NIPF; Owner characteristics; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION OF CONIFEROUS FORESTS; FLANDERS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NIPF; OWNER CHARACTERISTICS; SILVICULTURE;

ECONOMICS; MOTIVATION;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMICS; FLANDERS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; SOFTWOODS;

EID: 67549109097     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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