Examining farm forest owners' forest management in ireland: The role of economic, lifestyle and multifunctional ownership objectives

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-112

  Howley, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Farm forest owners; Forest management; Ownership objectives; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FARMS; FORESTRY; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; ECONOMICS ANALYSIS; FARM FOREST OWNER; FOREST OWNERS; FOREST OWNERSHIP; IRELAND; MOTIVATIONAL PROFILES; OWNERSHIP OBJECTIVE; PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIVATE FOREST LANDOWNERS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDHOLDING; LIFESTYLE; OWNERSHIP; POLICY MAKING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR FARMING; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL;

IRELAND;

EID: 84876426023     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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