Mushrooms, trees, and money: Value estimates of commercial mushrooms and timber in the Pacific Northwest

Environmental Management

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 129-141

  Alexander, Susan J ^a   Pilz, David ^a   Weber, Nancy S ^b   Brown, Ed ^c   Rockwell, Victoria A ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Joint production; Mushrooms; Nontimber forest products; Resource value

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GROWTH KINETICS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SOILS;

LANDSCAPE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; MUSHROOM; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; TIMBER MARKET;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; HARVEST; LANDSCAPE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRODUCT RECOVERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREE; UNITED STATES; WILD TYPE; AGARICALES; COST; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; TRICHOLOMA MATSUTAKE;

AGARICALES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FORESTRY; POLICY MAKING; TREES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0036652320     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2610-1     Document Type: Article

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