taxonomic review of classical and current literature on the perennial american family forest problem分类审查和当前古典文学的多年生美国家庭森林问题.pdf

Forests 2011, 2, 660-706; doi:10.3390/f2030660 OPEN ACCESS forests ISSN 1999-4907 /journal/forests Review Taxonomic Review of Classical and Current Literature on the Perennial American Family Forest Problem Thomas J. Straka Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson University, Box 340317, Clemson, SC 29634-0317, USA; E-Mail: tstraka@; Tel.: +1-864-656-4827; Fax: +1-864-656-3304 Received: 19 May 2011; in revised form: 12 July 2011 / Accepted: 5 August 2011 / Published: 25 August 2011 Abstract: One of the fundamental issues in American forest policy has been the small forest ownership problem. Early in the twentieth century, it was called the farm forestry problem, later, the nonindustrial private forest problem, and today, the family forest problem. Family forest owners are thought to manage their lands in a suboptimal manner resulting in low forest productivity relative to other ownership groups. This can lead to future timber supply problems. The exact nature of the problem, especially its social and economic basis, was a common subject of early forestry research studies. This article includes many of the major nonindustrial private forest or family forest studies, from early to current, and classifies them both by themes used by other authors and categories that relate to major research areas in the current literature. A major focus of this literature deals with promoting management