Cost sharing for pre-commercial thinning in southern pine plantations: Willingness to participate in Virginia's pine bark beetle prevention program

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 34, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-72

  Watson, Adam C ^a   Sullivan, Jay ^b   Amacher, Gregory S ^c   Asaro, Christopher ^d  

^a TerraSource Valuation LLC   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VPI and SU   (United States)

^d Virginia Department of Forestry   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete choice model; Pest management; Pre commercial thinning; Referendum questionnaire

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS; FINANCIAL RETURNS; PEST MANAGEMENT; PRE-COMMERCIAL THINNING; PROGRAM TARGETING; REFERENDUM QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIETAL BENEFITS; SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE;

COMMERCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; SURVEYS;

FORESTRY;

COMMERCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; FORESTRY; MODELS; PEST CONTROL; SURVEYS;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS VIRGINIANA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84880508472     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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