Effects of Shifting Populations and Preferences on Nonindustrial Landowner Behavior: An Example from Virginia

The study was undertaken in response to a prediction by the Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) that current harvest levels cannot be sustained into the future given an increasing growth to removal insufficiency throughout the state of Virginia. The purpose of the study is to determine how market signals, land and owner characteristics, and owner preferences affect landowners' decisions concerning their forestland. Particular emphasis is placed on the effects of absenteeism and land fragmentation on landowner behavior. Such information is important for targeting policies that will successfully maintain commercial timber levels throughout the state.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Forestry

Department dc:contributor.department

Forestry

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1998

Author dc:creator

• Conway, M. Christine

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Amacher, Gregory S.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Scrivani, John A.
• Sullivan, Jay

• NIPF landowners
• econometric analysis
• timber supply

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-102398-124906

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/35476