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<citation>
<citeinfo>
<origin>Dr. Robert C. Abt</origin>
<pubdate>2001</pubdate>
<title>Timber growth, removals, and inventory in the U.S. South, 1995-2040</title>
<pubinfo>
<pubplace>Salt Lake City, UT</pubplace>
<publish>USDA Forest Service</publish>
</pubinfo>
<othercit>Where is dataset referenced in the SFRA? Technical Report, Chapter 13 (TIMBR-1) Figures 21, 23, 24, 25, and 27</othercit>
</citeinfo>
</citation>
<descript>
<abstract>These data are projections, 1995-2040, of timber growth, removals, and inventory, by species, by year, by Forest Inventory and Analysis Survey Unit (or by Ecoregion), by projection scenario, developed using the Subregional Timber Supply Model.</abstract>
<purpose>To project harvesting, growth, and timber volume in the South for the Southern Forest Resource Assessment.</purpose>
</descript>
<timeperd>
<timeinfo>
<rngdates>
<begdate>1995</begdate>
<enddate>2040, annual</enddate>
</rngdates>
</timeinfo>
<current>2001</current>
</timeperd>
<status>
<progress>Complete</progress>
<update>None planned</update>
</status>
<spdom>
<bounding>
<westbc>
-97.104246</westbc>
<eastbc>
-74.773082</eastbc>
<northbc>
39.961157</northbc>
<southbc>
23.957495</southbc>
</bounding>
</spdom>
<keywords>
<theme>
<themekey>timber inventory</themekey>
<themekey>timber growth and removals</themekey>
<themekey>biota</themekey>
<themekey>economy</themekey>
</theme>
</keywords>
<accconst>none</accconst>
<useconst>none</useconst>
<ptcontac>
<cntinfo>
<cntperp>
<cntper>Jeffrey P. Prestemon</cntper>
<cntorg>USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station</cntorg>
</cntperp>
<cntpos>Scientist</cntpos>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
<address>Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, PO Box 12254</address>
<city>Research Triangle Park</city>
<state>NC</state>
<postal>27709</postal>
<country>USA</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>919-549-4033</cntvoice>
<cntfax>919-549-4047</cntfax>
<cntemail>jprestemon@fs.fed.us</cntemail>
</cntinfo>
</ptcontac>
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<eainfo>
<detailed>
<enttyp>
<enttypl>
text</enttypl>
</enttyp>
<attr>
<attrlabl>Ecoregion section identifier (Row 1)</attrlabl>
<attrdef>see source</attrdef>
<attrdefs>Bailey (1995)-see text</attrdefs>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>FIA Survey Unit identifier (Row 2)</attrlabl>
<attrdef>see source</attrdef>
<attrdefs>USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station -see text.</attrdefs>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>Scenario (Column A)</attrlabl>
<attrdef>Economic scenario (see text): IH = inelastic demand, high plantation growth; IL = inelastic demand, low plantation growth; EH = elastic demand, high plantation growth; EL = elastic demand, low plantation growth.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>Chapter text</attrdefs>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>species (Column B)</attrlabl>
<attrdef>softwood is any tree species of the Gymnospermae phylum; hardwood is species of the Angiospermae phylum</attrdef>
<attrdefs>USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station</attrdefs>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>variable (Column C)</attrlabl>
<attrdef>removals = harvest of timber; growth = net volume growth (gross growth minus mortality); inventory = volume of timber inventory</attrdef>
<attrdefs>na</attrdefs>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>year (Column D)</attrlabl>
<attrdef>projection year</attrdef>
<attrdefs>na</attrdefs>
</attr>
</detailed>
<detailed>
<enttyp>
<enttypl>
numeric</enttypl>
</enttyp>
<attr>
<attrlabl>Timber volume (Columns E-DQ)</attrlabl>
<attrdef>volume growth, volume removed, or standing inventory by species for each year.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<edom>
<edomv>Survey Unit</edomv>
<edomvd>thousand cubic feet</edomvd>
</edom>
</attrdomv>
<attrvai>
</attrvai>
</attr>
<attr>
<attrlabl>Timber volume (Columns E-DQ)</attrlabl>
<attrdef>volume growth, volume removed, or standing inventory by species for each year.</attrdef>
<attrdefs>USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station</attrdefs>
<attrdomv>
<edom>
<edomv>Location/Identifier: Survey Unit</edomv>
<edomvd>Units: thousand cubic feet</edomvd>
</edom>
</attrdomv>
<attrvai>
<attrvae>Survey Unit</attrvae>
</attrvai>
</attr>
</detailed>
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<distinfo>
<resdesc>Downloadable Data</resdesc>
</distinfo>
<metainfo>
<metd>20021023</metd>
<metc>
<cntinfo>
<cntorgp>
<cntorg>Southern Research Station, SRS- 4851</cntorg>
<cntper>John M. Pye</cntper>
</cntorgp>
<cntpos>Ecologist</cntpos>
<cntaddr>
<addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
<address>3041 E. Cornwallis Rd</address>
<city>Research Triangle Park</city>
<state>NC</state>
<postal>27709</postal>
<country>USA</country>
</cntaddr>
<cntvoice>919-549-4013</cntvoice>
<cntemail>jpye@fs.fed.us</cntemail>
</cntinfo>
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<metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
<metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
<mettc>local time</mettc>
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<onlink>http://www.rtp.srs.fs.fed.us/econ/</onlink>
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<metprof>ESRI Metadata Profile</metprof>
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