Reaching forest owners through their social networks in timber sales

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-99

  Korhonen, Katri ^a   Hujala, Teppo ^b   Kurttila, Mikko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Egocentric networks; family forest owners; structural equivalence; timber sales; TwoStep Cluster Analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION RELATIONSHIPS; EGOCENTRIC NETWORKS; FAMILY FORESTS; FINLAND; FINNISH; FOREST OWNERS; FORESTRY PROFESSIONAL; INCOMPLETE NETWORKS; MAIL QUESTIONNAIRES; MULTIPLE IMPUTATION; NETWORK STRUCTURES; RESPONSE RATE; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL EQUIVALENCE; TIMBER SALES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMERCE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

COMMERCE; DATA PROCESSING; FINLAND; FORESTS; NETWORKS; SALES; SURVEYS;

EID: 84858317014     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2011.631935     Document Type: Article

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