Adoption of woodland management practices by private forest owners in Virginia

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 444-452

  Rasamoelina, Maminiaina S ^a   Johnson, James E ^b   Hull, R Bruce ^c  

^a WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Extension; Logistic regression; Private forest owner; Sustainable forest management; Technical assistance

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; EXTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; PRIVATE FOREST OWNERS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE;

ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; MOTIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS HANDLING; MOTIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77958456206     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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