Culturally scarred trees in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, Montana, USA - Interpreting Native American historical forest use in a wilderness area

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 315-325

  Östlund, Lars ^a   Keane, Bob ^b   Arno, Steve ^b,c   Andersson, Rikard ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark peeling; Bark peeled trees; Culturally modified trees; Forest history; Ponderosa pine

Indexed keywords

BARK; CULTURAL HERITAGE; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND USE;

BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27144526631     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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