Social versus biophysical availability of wood in the Northern United States

Northern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 151-159

  Butler, Brett J ^a   Ma, Zhao ^b   Kittredge, David B ^c,d   Catanzaro, Paul ^c  

^a Northern Research Station   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family forest owners; Forest inventory; Landowner survey; Timber harvesting

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); TIMBER;

BIOPHYSICAL FACTORS; FAMILY FOREST OWNERS; FOREST INVENTORY; LANDOWNER SURVEYS; POPULATION PRESSURE; SITE PRODUCTIVITY; TIMBER HARVESTING; WOOD AVAILABILITY;

BIOPHYSICS;

BIOMASS; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; PULP WOOD; SAW LOGS; SURVEYS; USA;

EID: 78649550179     PISSN: 07426348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/njaf/27.4.151     Document Type: Article

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