Factors associated with family forest owner actions: A vote-count meta-analysis

Floress, Kristin; Huff, Emily S.; Snyder, Stephanie A.; Koshollek, Alanna; Butler, Sarah; Allred, Shorna B.

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.08.024

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“…Data Extraction Process. Initial data extraction methods were developed based upon a similar project (Floress et al 2019b): a spreadsheet file was created, followed by data extraction from several papers by all team members to test and refine the process. The project team then followed a two-reviewer, two-level data entry approach that captured study characteristics and individual variable level data for all studies that met our selection criteria for inclusion.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Full details of this process are available with Floress et al (2019a). Following Floress et al (2019b), detailed information was collected from each study. Results included, as appropriate, variable significance and direction, p-value or other statistical significance information, dependent and independent variable means, group (i.e., adopters and nonadopters) means, unstandardized and standardized regression coefficients, t-statistics, odds ratios, marginal effects, and model goodness-of-fit statistics, among others.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Adoption of agricultural conservation practices in the United States: Evidence from 35 years of quantitative literature

Prokopy¹,

Floress²,

Arbuckle³

et al. 2019

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

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This is a comprehensive review of all published, quantitative studies focused on adoption of agricultural conservation practices in the United States between 1982 and 2017. This review finds that, taken as a whole, few independent variables have a consistent statistically significant relationship with adoption. Analyses showed that variables positively associated with adoption include the farmer self-identifying primarily as stewardship motivated or otherwise nonfinancially motivated, environmental attitudes, a positive attitude toward the particular program or practice, previous adoption of other conservation practices, seeking and using information, awareness of programs or practices, vulnerable land, greater farm size, higher levels of income and formal education, engaging in marketing arrangements, and positive yield impact expected. Some variables often thought to be important, such as land tenure, did not emerge as consistently important in this cross-study review. Other variables, such as farmers' sense of place, training, presence of institutional conditions supporting adoption, and the role of collective decision making are not measured in enough studies to draw conclusions but potentially have a relationship with adoption decisions. Implications for how to promote conservation adoption and directions for future research are discussed. Because positive attitudes and awareness of conservation programs or practices are positive predictors of adoption, practitioners should share benefits of specific practices and programs and leverage existing practice adoption. Further work to explore relationships between conservation adoption and the role of farmer identity, nuances of land tenure, and the influence of structural factors is needed. Moreover, we suggest that future research should focus on the impact of different messages and avenues of reaching farmers in order to continue to inform conservation practices. Future research should consider both individual and institutional factors that facilitate and constrain adoption.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adoption of agricultural conservation practices in the United States: Evidence from 35 years of quantitative literature

Prokopy¹,

Floress²,

Arbuckle³

et al. 2019

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

373

299

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“…Second, ownership parcelization may change forest composition and structure. Landowners often have different purposes from the previous owners for owing forestland and thus use different management practices [40]. As a result, the forest with different management practices may change the forest composition and structure compared to the mature old-growth forests [27].…”

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Investigating the Impact of Land Parcelization on Forest Composition and Structure in Southeastern Ohio Using Multi-Source Remotely Sensed Data

Zhu

Liu

2019

Remote Sensing

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Forestland parcelization (i.e., a process by which large parcels of forestland ownership are divided into many small parcels) presents an increasing challenge to sustainable forest development in the United States. In Southeastern Ohio, forests also experienced intensive forestland parcelization, where the majority of forest owners own parcels smaller than 10 acres currently. To better understand the impact of forestland parcelization on forest development, this study employed multi-source remotely sensed data and land ownership data in Hocking County, Ohio to examine the relationship between forestland parcel size and forest attributes, including forest composition and structure. Our results show that private forestland parcels are generally smaller than public forestland (the average parcel sizes are 21.5 vs. 275.0 acres). Compared with private lands, public lands have higher values in all forest attributes, including forest coverage, abundance of oak-dominant stands, canopy height and aboveground biomass. A further investigation focusing on private forestland reveals that smaller parcels tend to have smaller forest coverage, less greenness, lower height and aboveground biomass, indicating that forests in smaller parcels may experience more human disturbances than larger parcels. The results also show that logarithmic models can well quantify the non-linear relationship between forest attributes and parcel size in the study area. Our study suggests that forestland parcelization indeed has negative effects on forest development, so it is very important to take appropriate measures to protect forests in small ownership parcels.

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“…Accordingly, studies supporting subjective knowledge as a predictor of forest management, for example (e.g., Eggers et al 2014), may be assumed to support the importance of confidence but not actual knowledge. Despite differences in conceptualizations and measurements (and consequently interpretations of data), subjective knowledge is often simply labelled knowledge (Floress et al 2019), thus obscuring an understanding of the potentially multiple roles of knowledge in management decisions.…”

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“…The development of appropriate forest policy and outreach to private forest owners requires an understanding of not only the structural characteristics of forest owners but also value priorities, management objectives, and attitudes (e.g., Põllumäe et al 2014;Coté et al 2016). Despite the importance of knowledge for forest management, however (Floress et al 2019), scarce attention has been given to the conceptualization and measurement of knowledge in the forest domain. Empirical support for the conceptual distinction between objective and subjective knowledge among forest owners is needed for a more accurate understanding of forest owners' competences and has implications on how to maintain and advance proficiency in private forestry.…”

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confidence: 99%

Relations between structural characteristics, forest involvement, and forest knowledge among private forest owners in Sweden

Eriksson

Fries

2020

Eur J Forest Res

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An understanding of private forest owners is needed for appropriate forest governance and outreach to forest owners. This study examined different types of objective and subjective knowledge (i.e., actual knowledge and confidence, respectively), including general forest knowledge and knowledge of management for different objectives, among individual private forest owners in Sweden. In addition, the importance of structural variables (e.g., gender, size of forest holding) and forest involvement variables (e.g., certification, involvement in forest planning) for forest knowledge was analysed. The study was conducted by means of a postal questionnaire to a random sample of private forest owners in Sweden (n = 3000, response rate 43%). Structural variables, but particularly involvement variables, were found to be related to subjective and objective knowledge. Being a male owner, owning a larger forest holding, having bought the land, and having owned the forest a long time were associated with higher subjective knowledge, or confidence, in managing the forest. Although being a male owner, for example, was also associated with higher levels of objective knowledge, the correlation diminished when controlling for forest involvement. The study considers the role of learning environments for forest owners and highlights the need to elaborate on the conceptualization and measurement of forest knowledge to understand the links between structural characteristics, forest involvement, and forest knowledge among private forest owners.

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Factors associated with family forest owner actions: A vote-count meta-analysis

Cited by 58 publications

References 68 publications

Adoption of agricultural conservation practices in the United States: Evidence from 35 years of quantitative literature

Adoption of agricultural conservation practices in the United States: Evidence from 35 years of quantitative literature

Investigating the Impact of Land Parcelization on Forest Composition and Structure in Southeastern Ohio Using Multi-Source Remotely Sensed Data

Relations between structural characteristics, forest involvement, and forest knowledge among private forest owners in Sweden

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