Timber removals changes by FIA survey Unit in the U.S. South, 1995 to 2040

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Dr. Robert C. Abt

Publication_Date: 2001

Title:

Timber removals changes by FIA survey Unit in the U.S. South, 1995 to 2040

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Salt Lake City, UT

Publisher: USDA Forest Service

Other_Citation_Details: Technical Report Chapter 13 (TIMBR-1) Figures 22 and 24

Description:

Abstract:

These data are projections, 1995-2040, of changes in removals in thousand cu. ft. by survey unit, softwood and hardwood, developed using the Subregional Timber Supply Model.

Purpose:

describe timber harvest changes in the South for the Southern Forest Resource Assessment.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1995

Ending_Date: 2040 -annually

Currentness_Reference: 2002

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -97.104246

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -74.773082

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 39.961157

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 23.957495

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: removal projections

Theme_Keyword: biota

Theme_Keyword: economy

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: none

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jeffrey P. Prestemon

Contact_Organization: USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station

Contact_Position: Scientist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, PO Box 12254

City: Research Triangle Park

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 27709

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-549-4033

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 919-549-4047

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jprestemon@fs.fed.us

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Source_Information:

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: numeric

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: state

Attribute_Definition: state postal code abbreviation

Attribute_Definition_Source: United States Postal Service

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FIA Survey Unit identifier

Attribute_Definition: see source

Attribute_Definition_Source:

USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station -see text.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: species

Attribute_Definition:

softwood is any tree species of the Gymnospermae phylum; hardwood is species of the Angiospermae phylum

Attribute_Definition_Source:

USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit, Southern Research Station

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Volume Change in Removals

Attribute_Definition:

Change in the volume of timber removed from the survey unit, between 1995 and 2040

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: percent change in removals

Attribute_Definition:

percentage change in the volume of timber removed from the survey unit, between 1995 and 2040 = (2040 volume) x (100)/(1995 volume)

Attribute_Definition_Source: n.a.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Southern Research Station, SRS- 4851

Contact_Person: John M. Pye

Contact_Position: ecologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 3041 E. Cornwallis Rd

City: Research Triangle Park

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 27709

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-549-4013

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jpye@fs.fed.us

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20041118

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Southern Research Station, SRS- 4851

Contact_Person: John M. Pye

Contact_Position: Ecologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 3041 E. Cornwallis Rd

City: Research Triangle Park

State_or_Province: NC

Postal_Code: 27709

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 919-549-4013

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Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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