Disintegration of the U. S. industrial forest estate: Dynamics, trajectories, and questions

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-66

  Bliss, John C ^a   Kelly, Erin Clover ^a   Abrams, Jesse ^a   Bailey, Conner ^b   Dyer, Janice ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest ownership; Nonindustrial private forest; Real estate investment trust; Timber investment management organization; Timberland tenure

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; LANDHOLDING; OWNERSHIP; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; TENURE SYSTEM; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 76649137236     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-009-9101-7     Document Type: Article

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