The forest resources of Puerto Rico

Richard Birdsey; Peter Weaver

doi:10.2737/SO-RB-85

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The forest resources of Puerto Rico

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Richard Birdsey, Peter Weaver

Year:

1982

Type:

Resource Bulletin

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RB-85

Source:

Resour. Bull. SO-85. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 65 p.

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Abstract

A forest survey conducted in 1980 found 130 thousand hectares of potential commercial timberland and 148 thousand hectares of other forest land. Most of the forest area has regrown on abandoned pasture and cropland including coffee production areas. The timberland areas are composed of numerous species and forest conditions.

Keywords

forest inventory, secondary forests, coffee shade forests, timber volume, forest acreage, tropical forest management

Citation

Birdsey, Richard A.; Weaver, Peter L. 1982. The forest resources of Puerto Rico. Resour. Bull. SO-85. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 65 p.