Nineteenth century lumber surveys for Bangor, Maine: Implications for pre-European settlement forest characteristics in northern and eastern Maine

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 218-223

  Wilson, Jeremy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumber records; Natural disturbance regime; Pre European settlement; White pine

Indexed keywords

LUMBER; MANAGEMENT; SALES; SAWMILLS; SOFTWOODS; SURVEYS; WOODWORKING;

LUMBER RECORDS; NATURAL DISTURBANCE REGIME; PRE-EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT;

FORESTRY;

DISTURBANCE; FOREST RESOURCE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

EUROPE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LUMBER; PINUS MONTICOLA; PINUS STROBUS; SETTLEMENT; SURVEYS; TRANSPORT; WOOD WORKING;

BANGOR [MAINE]; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26244461193     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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