Private Forest Owners and Invasive Plants: Risk Perception and Management
Private Forest Owners and Invasive Plants: Risk Perception and Management
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DOI:
10.1614/ipsm-d-12-00005.1
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发表时间:
2012-07-01
影响因子:
1.1
通讯作者:
Charnley, Susan
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作者:
Fischer, A. Paige;Charnley, Susan
We investigated nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) owners' invasive plant risk perceptions and mitigation practices using statistical analysis of mail survey data and qualitative analysis of interview data collected in Oregon's ponderosa pine zone. We found that 52% of the survey sample was aware of invasive plant species considered problematic by local natural resource professionals; 70% was concerned about these species; and 46% had treated invasive plants on their parcels. Owners' perceptions of invasive plant risks fell along a spectrum ranging from a lack of awareness or concern, to the view that invasive plant infestations have discrete causes and controllable consequences, to the perception that incursions by invasive plants have diffuse causes and uncontrollable effects. Being aware or concerned about invasive plant species were predictors (p