Estimating regional wood supply based on stakeholder consensus for forest restoration in Northern Arizona

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-26

  Hampton, Haydee M ^a   Sesnie, Steven E ^a   Bailey, John D ^b   Snider, Gary B ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ponderosa pine; Restoration treatments; Stakeholder agreement; Wood supply

Indexed keywords

AC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES; FOREST RESTORATION; FOREST STRUCTURE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NORTHERN ARIZONA; PONDEROSA PINES; POST TREATMENT; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; RESTORATION TREATMENTS; SMALL-DIAMETER; STAKEHOLDER AGREEMENT; STEM VOLUME; THINNING TREATMENT; TREE CROWNS; WOOD BYPRODUCTS; WOOD SUPPLY;

BYPRODUCTS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION;

WOOD;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE USE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STAKEHOLDER; THINNING; WOOD;

ARIZONA; BYPRODUCTS; CONSERVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; PINUS PONDEROSA; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION; WOOD;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79251619616     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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