Monitoring Nontimber Forest Products Using Forest Inventory Data: An Example with Slippery Elm Bark

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dc.contributor.authorKauffman, Jobriath S.en
dc.contributor.authorPrisley, Stephen P.en
dc.contributor.authorChamberlain, James L.en
dc.contributor.departmentConservation Management Instituteen
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-20T16:42:40Zen
dc.date.available2020-03-20T16:42:40Zen
dc.date.issued2017-07en
dc.description.abstractThe USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program collects data on a wealth of variables related to trees in forests. Some of these trees produce nontimber forest products (NTFPs) (e.g., fruit, bark, and sap) that are harvested for culinary, decorative, building, and medicinal purposes. At least 11 tree species inventoried by FIA are valued for their bark. For example, slippery elm (Ulmus rubra Muhl.) is included in FIA forest inventories, and the bark is used for its medicinal value. Despite widespread use of NTFPs, little quantitative information about abundance, distribution, and harvest is available to support sustainable management. Methods for using the FIA database to monitor and explain the situation regarding selected NTFPs are presented. The focus is on using FIA data to assess for (1) geographic distribution, (2) abundance, (3) applicable metrics (e.g., square feet of bark), and (4) change over time.en
dc.description.adminPublic domain – authored by a U.S. government employeeen
dc.description.notesWe give special thanks to Caitlin Carey and Laura Wade for their hard work and dedication in completing figures and tables for each of the 19 NTFP tree species reports. We are grateful for the insight and dedication of the reviewers and editors who worked diligently on improving our article. We also thank the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station's Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit in Blacksburg, Virginia, for their support of this work.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUSDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station's Forest Inventory and Analysis Unit in Blacksburg, Virginiaen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5849/jof.15-051en
dc.identifier.eissn1938-3746en
dc.identifier.issn0022-1201en
dc.identifier.issue4en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/97390en
dc.identifier.volume115en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedicationen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/en
dc.subjectnontimber forest productsen
dc.subjectForest Inventory and Analysisen
dc.subjectmonitoring toolsen
dc.subjectbark measurementen
dc.subjectautomateden
dc.titleMonitoring Nontimber Forest Products Using Forest Inventory Data: An Example with Slippery Elm Barken
dc.title.serialJournal of Forestryen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
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