Effective invasive plant management requires collective action. However, little is known about what motivates individuals to work collectively. We conducted a mail survey of 2,600 randomly selected family forest owners in Indiana, USA to examine factors associated with community-led collective action. Specifically, we examined the role of perceived self-efficacy, perceived collective efficacy, concerns about invasive plants, and social norms associated with invasive plant management in shaping family forest owners’ self-reported likelihood to work with their neighbors to remove invasive plants. We found that past experience talking to others or working with neighbors to remove invasive plants were important predictors of landowners’ intention to work collectively, as were perceived self-efficacy in their own ability to manage invasive plants, perceived need for collective action, social norms, and concerns about invasive plants on neighboring or nearby properties. However, most socio-demographic characteristics (e.g., age, gender, education level, income) and land ownership characteristics (e.g., residence status, having a written forest management plan) were not statisically significant predictors of family forest owners’ likelihood to work with their neighbors. Our findings suggest that building individual sense of competence, facilitating neighbor interactions, and strengthening shared concerns may facilitate community-led collective action to manage invasive plants.

有效的入侵植物管理需要采取集体行动。但是，关于什么激发个人集体工作的知之甚少。我们对美国印第安纳州的2,600名随机选择的家庭林所有者进行了邮件调查，以调查与社区主导的集体行动相关的因素。具体来说，我们研究了自我效能感，集体效能，对入侵植物的关注以及与入​​侵植物管理相关的社会规范在塑造家庭森林所有者自我报告与邻居合作清除入侵植物的可能性中的作用。我们发现，过去与他人交谈或与邻居合作清除入侵植物的经验是土地所有者集体工作意愿的重要预测指标，人们认为他们自己管理入侵植物的能力具有自我效能，集体行动的必要性，社会规范以及对邻近或附近房产上的入侵植物的关注。但是，大多数社会人口统计学特征（例如年龄，性别，教育程度，收入）和土地所有权特征（例如居住状况，有书面森林管理计划）在统计上并不是家庭森林所有者从事工作的可能性的重要统计指标。他们的邻居。我们的研究结果表明，建立个人的能力意识，促进邻居互动以及加强共同的关切可能会促进社区主导的集体行动来管理入侵植物。收入）和土地所有权特征（例如，居住状况，拥有书面森林管理计划）在统计意义上并不是家庭森林所有者与邻居合作的可能性的重要预测指标。我们的研究结果表明，建立个人的能力意识，促进邻居互动以及加强共同的关切可能会促进社区主导的集体行动来管理入侵植物。收入）和土地所有权特征（例如，居住状况，拥有书面森林管理计划）在统计意义上并不是家庭森林所有者与邻居合作的可能性的重要预测指标。我们的研究结果表明，建立个人的能力意识，促进邻居互动以及加强共同的关切可能会促进社区主导的集体行动来管理入侵植物。