Institutional timberland ownership in the US South: Magnitude, location, dynamics, and management

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 355-361

  Zhang, Daowei ^a   Butler, Brett J ^b   Nagubadi, Rao V ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest management; Forest sustainability; Industrial timberland ownership; Institutional timberland ownership; Timberland investment management organizations (TIMOS); Timberland real estate investment trusts (REITS)

Indexed keywords

FOREST SUSTAINABILITY; INDUSTRIAL TIMBERLAND OWNERSHIP; INSTITUTIONAL TIMBERLAND OWNERSHIP; REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT; TIMBERLAND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS;

DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INVESTMENTS;

FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; INVESTMENT; MANAGEMENT; REFORESTATION;

PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867504259     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.12-015     Document Type: Article

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