Knowledge of three regeneration programs and application behavior among Mississippi nonindustrial private forest landowners: A two-step sample selection approach

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-204

  Sun, Xing ^a   Sun, Changyou ^b   Munn, Ian A ^b   Hussain, Anwar ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Count data; Financial assistance; Harvesting; Poisson distribution; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REFORESTATION; SURVEYS; TIMBER;

APPLICATION BEHAVIORS; COUNT DATUM; FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; FORESTRY ASSOCIATIONS; FORESTRY ORGANIZATIONS; NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST LANDOWNERS; REGENERATION; SAMPLE SELECTION MODELS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

FORESTRY MODELING; HARVESTING; LANDOWNERSHIP; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REGENERATION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

DATA; FINANCIAL LOSS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; POISSON RATIO; REFORESTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67749086700     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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