Modelling associations between public understanding, engagement and forest conditions in the Inland Northwest, USA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Hartter, Joel ^a,b   Stevens, Forrest R ^c   Hamilton, Lawrence C ^b   Congalton, Russell G ^b   Ducey, Mark J ^b   Oester, Paul T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; FOREST; MIDDLE AGED; OREGON; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; FIRES; FORESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OREGON; OWNERSHIP; PERCEPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923233744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117975     Document Type: Article

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