Small-scale non-industrial private forest ownership in the United States: rationale and implications for forest management
The transaction cost approach is used to explain why small non-industrial private forest (NIPF) ownerships are increasing in the U.S. We argue that the number of small NIPF owners have increased because: 1) a significant amount of forestland is no longer used economically if primarily...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Finnish Society of Forest Science
2005-01-01
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Series: | Silva Fennica |
Online Access: | https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/378 |