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Economics
Nana Tian, Matthew Pelkki
Summary: Research indicates that age, gender, education, timber harvest intentions, motivations for owning forestland, and perspectives regarding potential benefits will influence landowners' awareness and interests in forest certification. Therefore, outreach and education programs should be developed for NIPF landowners in Arkansas and other southern states to promote their participation in forest certification.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Nana Tian, Sagar Godar Chhetri, Ana Gutierrez-Castillo, Jianbang Gan, Matthew Pelkki
Summary: Sustainable forest management provides ecological, economic, and social benefits to society. This study examined landowners' perspectives on the benefits of adopting forest certification programs in Arkansas through a survey, and found that ownership and forestland characteristics, as well as ownership motivations, were significantly associated with landowners' agreement on the benefits of sustainable forest management certification.
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Forestry
Mysha Clarke, Ajay Sharma, Taylor Stein, Jason Vogel, Jarek Nowak
Summary: Limited research exists on the effects of hurricane damage and other disturbances on nonindustrial private forest land management. A survey in Florida found that most landowners did not prepare their forests for the hurricane, and many experienced negative impacts such as invasive plants, timber loss, damaged wildlife habitats, and increased fire hazards. The study highlights the importance of understanding and addressing the impacts of forest disturbances on private land management.
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Elena C. Rubino, Nana Tian, Matthew H. Pelkki
Summary: This study examines the importance of improving communication channels with nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners in Arkansas to expand certification participation. The results show that NIPF landowners have low familiarity and interest in certification programs, but communications have the potential to influence their attitudes. Improved timber growth, better management actions, and environmentally-friendly timber harvesting are perceived as major benefits, while increased record-keeping and paperwork as well as management costs are concerns.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jieun Lee, Yeo-Chang Youn
Summary: With no market or compensation scheme for private forest owners to receive ecosystem services, their interest has shifted towards timber and forest production or converting forests into other lands. Researchers tested the willingness of landowners to accept payments for nature-friendly forestry services and found that forest owners require financial compensation for activities that result in higher public benefits, such as restoring planted forests into natural forests and extending rotation ages. The results provide a basis for governments to design compensation protocols and payment schemes for ecosystem services in private forests.
Article
Forestry
Darcey Collins, Joshua J. Granger, Stephen Dicke, Krishna P. Poudel, Adam Polinko, John L. Willis
Summary: Pruning combined with wider tree spacing offers an alternative management scheme for nonindustrial private forest landowners in areas lacking markets for small diameter wood. Low density plantings maintained with pruning could allow small nonindustrial private landowners to obtain a high value sawtimber product while eliminating the need for thinning practices commonly used in traditional pine plantation management.
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Environmental Studies
Clement Josset, David W. Shanafelt, Jens Abildtrup, Anne Stenger
Summary: Understanding private forest owners' management behaviors and their demand for ecosystem services is crucial for effective policy-making. Research based on a survey of French private forest owners shows that different types of owners can explain variations in ecosystem service demand.
Article
Forestry
Ana Gutierrez-Castillo, Shaun M. Tanger, Jerrod Penn, Michael A. Blazier
Summary: This study explores the factors that influence landowners' willingness to participate in forest thinning and characterizes landowners who are unwilling to thin their forests. The results show that membership in conservation organizations, different income expectations, and investment objectives positively affect landowners' willingness to thin, while being an original easement grantor decreases this likelihood.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Alyssa Mineau, Nana Tian, Jianbang Gan, Gordon Holley, Matthew Pelkki
Summary: Feral swine (FS) are an invasive species that have spread throughout the southern United States. A survey conducted in the West Gulf region found that the majority of landowners are familiar with and concerned about FS presence and population growth. Additionally, most landowners support stricter FS control regulations, with their supportiveness influenced by perceived economic damage and ownership characteristics.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Economics
Shivan Gc, Karen Potter-Witter, Raju Pokharel, Larry Leefers, Patricia Norris, Emily S. Huff
Summary: This study examines the procurement areas for individual logging businesses to create a combined wood-basket, using a road transportation network dataset and data collected from a mail survey of logging businesses in Michigan. The study also analyzes the forest ownership and condition data to understand the status of timber resources and the reliance of logging businesses on different forest-ownership types. The findings provide useful information for logging businesses in navigating market dynamics and for sustainable management of forest resources. The study also explores the differences between NIPF-dependent and nondependent logging businesses in terms of their volume harvested, equipment used, and methods employed for acquiring stumpage.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Alyssa Mineau, Nana Tian, Jianbang Gan, Gordon Holley, Matthew Pelkki
Summary: Feral swine invasions have caused significant economic damage to private landowners in the West Gulf region, leading to negative opinions and concerns about their presence and future growth. The majority of private landowners support stricter regulations for feral swine control, which is influenced by their economic losses and individual characteristics.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Nana Tian
Summary: The majority of NIPF landowners in Arkansas were found to be unfamiliar or uninterested in forest certification. Younger, well-educated, higher household income landowners with a desire to protect nature and biodiversity and wildlife, or who had received information or professional advice about forest management were more likely to pay for certification and desired to be educated about it through both active and passive methods. Limited potential for expanding participation in existing forest certification programs was noted, with a large-scale expansion requiring addressing of certification cost barriers and incentivizing those who desire to protect nature and biodiversity as well as privacy.
SMALL-SCALE FORESTRY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Anni Vehola, Arttu Malkamaki, Anna-Kaisa Kosenius, Elias Hurmekoski, Anne Toppinen
Summary: Understanding landowners' willingness to act on climate change is crucial for effective climate policy. This study examines the factors that influence Finnish non-industrial private forest owners' preferences for different climate change mitigation strategies related to forests and wood usage. The results suggest that risk perception and political leaning play a significant role in determining support for various strategies, with higher risk perception and left-wing leaning with a university degree being associated with support for more disruptive strategies.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Economics
Kabindra Shahi, Jacek Siry, Pete Bettinger, Yanshu Li, Jonathan Smith
Summary: This study estimates the timber supply behavior of private forest landowners in the US South and calculates the supply elasticities. The study finds that the supply of pine stumpage from these landowners is price elastic for sawtimber and Chip-N-Saw, but price inelastic for pulpwood. It provides valuable empirical evidence for understanding market outcomes and welfare changes, and predicting the impact of policies and market shocks on market participants.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Sima Pourhashemi, Mohammad Ali Zangane Asadi, Mahdi Boroughani, Hossein Azadi
Summary: This study combines remote sensing and statistical models to map land susceptibility to dust emissions in the Iran-Iraq border area. It finds that land use is the most significant factor influencing dust emissions. The results are important for planners and managers in controlling and reducing the negative consequences of dust.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Forestry
James H. Perdue, John A. Stanturf, Timothy M. Young, Xia Huang
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Qijun Zhang, Qian Li, Timothy M. Young, David P. Harper, Siqun Wang
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
A. F. Astner, D. G. Hayes, H. O'Neill, B. R. Evans, S. V. Pingali, V. S. Urban, T. M. Young
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2019)
Article
Forestry
Ying Li, Brian K. Via, Tim Young, Yaoxiang Li
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Timothy M. Young, Robert A. Breyer, Terry Liles, Alexander Petutschnigg
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2020)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Thomas Sepperer, Gianluca Tondi, Alexander Petutschnigg, Timothy M. Young, Konrad Steiner
Article
Mathematics
Rudolf Schraml, Karl Entacher, Alexander Petutschnigg, Timothy Young, Andreas Uhl
Article
Forestry
Binod P. Chapagain, Neelam C. Poudyal, J. M. Bowker, Ashley E. Askew, Donald B. K. English, Donald G. Hodges
Summary: Nonmotorized boating (NMB) is a popular recreation activity in the US National Forest System. This study evaluated the economic benefit of NMB access and the effect of site and river characteristics on NMB demand. The results highlight the importance of site and river characteristics in understanding and enhancing NMB access in rivers.
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Yujie Meng, Cristian I. Contescu, Peizhi Liu, Siqun Wang, Seung-Hwan Lee, Junjie Guo, Timothy M. Young
Summary: An electron microscopy investigation was performed to understand the relationship between the microstructure and properties of carbonized cellulose and lignin, revealing structural differences that explain the higher surface area and porosity of carbonized cellulose. Additionally, the presence of certain well-ordered carbon in carbonized lignin indicates potential for obtaining acceptable moduli of carbon fiber from lignin with appropriate modifications. This research contributes to an improved understanding of the carbonization mechanism of cellulose and lignin components in biomass materials.
WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Mathematics
Timothy M. Young, Ampalavanar Nanthakumar, Hari Nanthakumar
Summary: This study investigates the issue of positive autocorrelation in data collected from online sensors in manufacturing applications, focusing on the performance of 'Copula' based control charts in the presence of correlated observations following the AR(1) model. Preliminary results indicate that the Clayton Copula and Farlie-Gumbel-Morgenstern Copula outperform other Archimedean Copulas, with the Clayton Copula showing more robustness to changes in process standard deviation.
Article
Mathematics
Timothy M. Young, Edward Sobek, Faramarz Farahi
Summary: The natural variation of airborne aerosols from calibrated cigarette particles was quantified using enhanced Bonferroni methods. Improving analytical methods for understanding the natural variation of airborne particles is of great significance for mitigating harmful airborne particles.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Qijun Zhang, Qian Li, Longfei Zhang, Siqun Wang, David P. Harper, Qiang Wu, Timothy M. Young
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2020)
Article
Forestry
Timothy M. Young, Patricia K. Lebow, Stan Lebow, Adam Taylor
FOREST PRODUCTS JOURNAL
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Donald G. Hodges, Binod P. Chapagain, Pattarawan Watcharaanantapong, Neelam C. Poudyal, Keith L. Kline, Virginia H. Dale
Article
Materials Science, Paper & Wood
Christoph Metzner, Maximilian Platzer, Timothy M. Young, Bogdan Bichescu, Marius-Catalin Barbu, Timothy G. Rials