Best management practices and timber harvesting: The role of social networks in shaping landowner decisions

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 171-182

  Knoot, Tricia G ^a   Rickenbach, Mark ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Egocentric networks; Forest policy; Interpersonal communication; Personal decision making; Private landowners; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EGOCENTRIC NETWORKS; FOREST POLICY; INTER-PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS; PERSONAL DECISION; PRIVATE LANDOWNERS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); NETWORK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); TIMBER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 79951841059     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2010.545827     Document Type: Article

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