Oak conservation and restoration on private forestlands: Negotiating a social-ecological landscape

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-164

  Knoot, Tricia G ^a,b   Schulte, Lisa A ^a   Rickenbach, Mark ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Humanized landscapes; Oak forests; Parcelization; Private forest ownerships

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; COST-SHARE PROGRAMS; DECIDUOUS SPECIES; DRIVING FORCES; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC COSTS; FOREST LAND; FORESTLANDS; HERBIVORY; OAK FORESTS; OAK REGENERATION; PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS; PRIVATE FORESTS; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS; QUERCUS SPP; REGIONAL FORESTS; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RESTORATION PRACTICES; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; SOCIAL FACTOR;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION;

CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; LAND USE; LANDOWNER; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRIVATE LAND; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COST; DECISION MAKING; DEER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HERBIVORY; INTERVIEW; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; OAK; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OWNERSHIP; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; QUERCUS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; QUERCUS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION;

UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 77649192645     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9404-7     Document Type: Article

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