Risk Perception and Responses Among Private Forest Owners in Sweden

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 483-500

  Eriksson, Louise ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental stress framework; Forest risk management; Forest risks

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84914709034     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-014-9266-6     Document Type: Article

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