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Table 2 Means (M) and standard deviations (SD) for climate change beliefs (CCB), behavioral beliefs (BB1, BB2), normative beliefs (NB1, NB2), and control beliefs (CB1, CB2). Displayed are values for the overall sample as well as for the five forest ownership types small-scale privately owned forests (SPF) (< 20 ha), medium-scale privately owned forests (MPF) (20–100 ha), large-scale privately owned forests (LPF) (> 100 ha), corporate forests (CF), and state forests (SF)

From: Knowing is not enough: exploring the missing link between climate change knowledge and action of German forest owners and managers

 

CCB

BB1

BB2

NB1

NB2

CB1

CB2

M a

SD

M b

SD

M b

SD

M b

SD

M b

SD

M b

SD

M b

SD

All

5.58

1.24

2.02

1.17

1.25

1.48

1.01

1.57

1.99

1.33

− 0.79

1.63

0.59

1.69

SPF

5.42

1.32

1.96

1.23

1.14

1.56

0.86

1.61

1.88

1.39

− 0.69

1.65

0.73

1.72

MPF

5.66

1.15

2.07

1.03

1.50

1.43

1.01

1.47

1.89

1.53

− 0.71

1.50

0.53

1.71

LPF

5.62

1.28

2.02

1.14

1.33

1.49

1.37

1.47

1.98

1.60

− 0.81

1.73

0.47

1.81

CF

5.80

1.08

2.10

1.05

1.35

1.29

1.21

1.48

2.21

1.01

− 0.95

1.54

0.32

1.57

SF

5.78

1.16

2.06

1.27

1.28

1.51

0.85

1.66

2.15

1.22

− 0.89

1.70

0.74

1.67

  1. CCB climate change belief: “Do you think climate change will have an influence on your forest?”; BB1 behavioral belief 1: “I consider climate change adaptation to be an important objective in my forest.”; BB2 behavioral belief 2: “Climate change adaptation is a top priority for me.”; NB1 normative belief 1: “Climate change adaptation is an important topic in my professional environment.”; NB2 normative belief 2: “I consider the adaptation of forests to climate change an important social task.”; CB1 control belief 1: “The present state of science is sufficient for a successful climate change adaptation of my forest business.”; CB2 control belief 2: “As forest owners or managers it is in our hands to successfully adapt our forests to climate change”
  2. aTheoretical range = 1–7
  3. bTheoretical range = − 3–3
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Annals of Forest Science

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