Carbon Storage on Non-industrial Private Forestland: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 631-657

  Thompson, Derek W ^a   Hansen, Eric N ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon offsets; Forest; Non industrial private forest owners; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST COVER; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GLOBAL WARMING; LEGISLATION; NUMERICAL MODEL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888071996     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-013-9235-5     Document Type: Article

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