Forest owner representation of forest management and perception of resource efficiency: A structural equation modeling study

Ecology and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ficko, Andrej ^a   Boncina, Andrej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Conceptualization; Management concepts; Natural resources; Private forest owners; Social representations theory; Timber supply; Values

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LANDOWNERSHIP; MODELING; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84923610879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-07189-200136     Document Type: Article

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