Timberland ownerships and reforestation in the Southern United States

Forest Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 336-343

  Sun, Xing ^a   Zhang, Daowei ^b   Butler, Brett J ^c  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest management; Institutional timberland ownership; Logistic regression; Plot level data; Reforestation behavior

Indexed keywords

REFORESTATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; INSTITUTIONAL TIMBERLAND OWNERSHIPS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; NON-INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST OWNERS; PLOT-LEVEL DATA; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBERLAND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS; USDA FOREST SERVICE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE OWNERSHIP; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN USA;

EID: 84926332035     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/forsci.13-192     Document Type: Article

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