Alabama forests: Trends and prospects

Paul A. Murphy

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Alabama forests: Trends and prospects

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Paul A. Murphy

Year:

1973

Type:

Resource Bulletin

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Resour. Bull. SO-42. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 36 p.

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Abstract

Between 1963 and 1972, forest area in Alabama declined 2 percent to 21.3 million acres. Softwood volume increased 30 percent and hardwood 15 percent. Volumes increased in all tree-size classes, but increases were greatest in small trees.

Keywords

Timber volume, forest acreage, timber cut, timber growth, forest industries

Citation

Murphy, Paul A. 1973. Alabama forests: Trends and prospects. Resour. Bull. SO-42. New Orleans, Louisiana: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 36 p.