Landowner conservation awareness across rural-to-urban gradients in Massachusetts

Biological Conservation

Volumn 184, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-89

  Kittredge, David B ^a,c   Short Gianotti, Anne G ^b   Hutyra, Lucy R ^b   Foster, David R ^a   Getson, Jackie M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Development; Forest conservation; Non industrial private landowner; Urban to rural gradient

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOPHYSICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDOWNER; PRIVATE LAND;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921971633     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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