Confronting problems of method in the study of sustainability

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-50

  Epstein, Graham ^a   Vogt, Jessica ^a   Cox, Michael ^b   Shimek, Luke ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorical data analysis; Forest commons; Methods; Social ecological systems; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ERRORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CATEGORICAL DATA; FOREST COMMONS; GENERAL RELIABILITIES; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; METHODS; MULTINOMIAL LOGISTIC REGRESSION; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DEFORESTATION; ERRORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896542843     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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