Characteristics of Virginia's logging businesses in a changing timber market

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-93

  Chad Bolding, M ^a,b,c   Barrett, Scott M ^a,b,c   Munsell, John F ^a,b,c   Groover, Miles C ^a,b,c  

^a Forest Operations/Engineering   (United States)

^b Forest Management Extension Specialist   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; RAW MATERIALS; SAWMILLS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; ECONOMIC CONDITION; FOREST-PRODUCTS INDUSTRY; HARVESTING SYSTEM; PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS; RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS; SURVEY INSTRUMENTS; SUSTAINABLE HARVESTING;

SURVEYS;

COMMERCE; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LOGGING; PLANNING; RAW MATERIALS; SAW MILLS; SURVEYS;

EID: 77954551908     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13073/0015-7473-60.1.86     Document Type: Article

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