Like manna from God: The American chestnut trade in southwestern Virginia

Environmental History

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 497-525

  Lutts, Ralph H ^a  

^a Goddard College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FUNGAL DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TIMBER TRADE;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AVES; CASTANEA; CASTANEA DENTATA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 4544379975     PISSN: 10845453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3985770     Document Type: Article

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