Forest values and forest management attitudes among private forest owners in Sweden

Forests

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-50

  Nordlund, Annika ^a   Westin, Kerstin ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Forest management attitudes; Forest values; Private forest owners; Socio demographics

Indexed keywords

FOREST OWNERS; FOREST OWNERSHIP; FOREST PROPERTIES; FOREST VALUES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MANAGEMENT STYLE; PRIVATE FOREST OWNERS; SOCIODEMOGRAPHICS; TIMBER PRODUCTION; VALUES AND BELIEFS;

ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS;

FORESTRY;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OWNERSHIP;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; PRIVATE OWNERSHIP; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 81855168559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f2010030     Document Type: Article

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