Incidence and impact of damage to East Oklahoma's timber, 1986

Stephen Clarke; Clair Redmond; Dennis M. May; Dale Starkey

doi:10.2737/SO-RB-186

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Incidence and impact of damage to East Oklahoma's timber, 1986

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Authors:

Stephen Clarke, Clair Redmond, Dennis M. May, Dale Starkey

Year:

1994

Type:

Resource Bulletin

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RB-186

Source:

Resour. Bull. SO-186. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.

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Abstract

An average of 57.4 million cubic feet of timber was lost annually to mortality and cull from 1976 to 1986 in east Oklahoma's 4.75 million acres of commercial forest land, resulting in a monetary loss of $7.2 million per year. Hardwoods generally had more damage than softwoods, with upland hardwoods accounting for 63 percent of cull volume loss. Of the ownership classes, nonindustrial private forests sustained the most damage. Disease caused the greatest damage to the forests, but weather, stem and shoot borers, and inhibiting vegetation also contributed significantly to volume losses.

Keywords

economic timber losses, forest diseases, forest insects, forest inventory analysis

Citation

Clarke, Stephen; Redmond, Clair; May, Dennis; Starkey, Dale. 1994. Incidence and impact of damage to East Oklahoma''s timber, 1986. Resour. Bull. SO-186. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 15 p.