Risk, knowledge, and trust in managing forest insect disturbance

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 710-719

  McFarlane, Bonita L ^a   Parkins, John R ^a   Watson, David O T ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FOREST INDUSTRY; FOREST INSECTS; GENERAL PUBLICS; HOPKINS; LAND MANAGERS; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; PERCEPTIONS OF RISKS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; REGIONAL VARIATION; RISK LITERATURE; SURVEY DATA;

FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CORRELATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PROVINCIALISM; RISK PERCEPTION;

FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS PONDEROSAE; HEXAPODA; PINUS MUGO;

EID: 84859036480     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X2012-030     Document Type: Article

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