Opportunities for enhancing nontimber forest products management in the United States

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-33

  Vaughan, Ritchie C ^a   Munsell, John F ^a   Chamberlain, James L ^b  

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

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest farming; Forest inventory; Forest management; NTFPs; Wildcrafting

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION; FOREST FARMING; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGERS; GROWING DEMAND; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; NTFPS; WILDCRAFTING; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

COMMERCE; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MANAGERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; INTERNET; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; STAKEHOLDER;

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INTERNET; INVENTORY CONTROL; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872810867     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.10-106     Document Type: Article

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