The Diverse Values and Motivations of Family Forest Owners in the United States: An Analysis of an Open-ended Question in the National Woodland Owner Survey

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-355

  Bengston, David N ^a   Asah, Stanley T ^b   Butler, Brett J ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Ecosystem services; Forest owner typologies; Motivational categories; Woodland ownership reasons

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FORESTRY; OWNERSHIP; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WOODLAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052035119     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-010-9152-9     Document Type: Article

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