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  1. Social versus biophysical availability of wood in the northern United States

    The availability of wood, be it harvested for sawlogs, pulpwood, biomass, or other products, is constrained by social and biophysical factors. Knowing the difference between social and biophysical availability is important for understanding what can realistically be extracted. This study focuses on the wood located in family forests across the northern United States....

    Author(s):
    Brett J. Butler; Ma Zhao; David B. Kittredge; Paul Catanzaro
    Year:
    2010
    Keywords:
    timber harvesting, family forest owners, forest inventory, landowner survey
    Source:
    Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 27(4): 151-159.

  2. Methods for increasing cooperation rates for surveys of family forest owners

    To maximize the representativeness of results from surveys, coverage, sampling, nonresponse, measurement, and analysis errors must be minimized. Although not a cure-all, one approach for mitigating nonresponse errors is to maximize cooperation rates. In this study, personalizing mailings, token financial incentives, and the use of real stamps were tested for their...

    Author(s):
    Brett J. Butler; Jaketon H. Hewes; Mary L. Tyrrell; Sarah M. Butler
    Year:
    2016
    Keywords:
    Response rate, Survey methods, National Woodland Owner Survey, United States
    Source:
    Small-scale Forestry. 9 p. doi:10.1007/s11842-016-9349-7
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