Eastern white pine abundance in 19th century forests: A reexamination of evidence from land surveys and lumber statistics

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 253-260

  Lorimer, Craig G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern white pine; Forest fires; Land survey records; Maine; Natural disturbance regimes; Presettlement forests

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (FORESTRY); LUMBER; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EASTERN WHITE PINE; FOREST FIRES; LAND SURVEY RECORDS; MAINE; NATURAL DISTURBANCE REGIMES; PRESETTLEMENT FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER);

FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; LOGGING; LUMBER; PINUS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SURVEYING;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 50549084066     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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