Feliciano, DianaBouriaud, LauraBrahic, ElodieDeuffic, PhilippeDobsinska, ZuzanaJarsky, VilemLawrence, AnnaNybakk, ErlendQuiroga, SoniaSuarez, CristinaFicko, Andrej2019-01-082019-01-082017-08Feliciano, D, Bouriaud, L, Brahic, E, Deuffic, P, Dobsinska, Z, Jarsky, V, Lawrence, A, Nybakk, E, Quiroga, S, Suarez, C & Ficko, A 2017, 'Understanding private forest owners’ conceptualisation of forest management : Evidence from a survey in seven European countries', Journal of Rural Studies, vol. 54, pp. 162-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.06.0160743-0167ORCID: /0000-0002-5466-4879/work/34800443http://hdl.handle.net/2164/11740Acknowledgements This paper is written as a part of Cost Action FP1201, Forest Land Ownership Changes in Europe: Significance for Management and Policy (FACESMAP). Laura Bouriaud thanks the Romanian Agency UEFISCDI for helping finance this research through the project PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-0017. Philippe Deuffic and Elodie Brahic thank Centre National de la Propriete Forestiere (CNPF). The authors are also grateful to the people involved in data collection in the seven European countries. The authors thank the three anonymous reviewers for their useful comments that helped to improve the article.15486708engsocial representationsnatural resource managementprivate forest ownersmulti-functionalityQH301 BiologyQH301Journal article10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.06.01654