A Survey of Animal-Powered Logging in Alabama

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-24

  Toms, Christopher W ^a   Dubois, Mark R ^b   Bliss, John C ^c   Wilhoit, John H ^d   Rummer, Robert B ^e  

^a Washington State Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Old Home Place Farm Inc ^*  (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal powered logging; Horse logging; Logger demographics; Mule logging; Small scale harvesting systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347120642     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/25.1.17     Document Type: Article

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