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Timber price index projections (1995=100) by species, scenario and year. Southwide.

used in figures 13.28A and 13.28B

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Dr. Robert C. Abt

Publication_Date: 2001

Title: Timber price projections by species, scenario and year

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Salt Lake City, UT
Publisher: USDA Forest Service

Other_Citation_Details:

Where is dataset referenced in the SFRA? Technical Report Chapter 13 (TIMBR-1) Figure 28

Description:

Abstract:: These data are projections, 1995-2039, of softwood and hardwood timber price indices, by year, by projection scenario, developed using the Subregional Timber Supply Model.
Purpose:: To describe price 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: 2039

Currentness_Reference: 2001

Status:

Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

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Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: timber price
Theme_Keyword: economy

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

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.1.649

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: species (Column A)
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: Scenario (Column B)
Attribute_Definition:: Economic scenario (see text): IH = inelastic demand, high plantation growth; IL = inelastic demand, low plantation growth; EH = elastic demand, high plantation growth; EL = elastic demand, low plantation growth.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Chapter text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: year (Column C)
Attribute_Definition: projection year
Attribute_Definition_Source: n.a.

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: numeric

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: IH Price (Column D)
Attribute_Definition:: Price index, expressed as a percent of the 1995 level, relative to the average southwide softwood or hardwood price, for the IH (inelastic demand, high plantation growth rate) scenario
Attribute_Definition_Source: n.a.

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:: Location/Identifier: United States South (all thirteen states of the Southern Forest Resource Assessment). Units: none

Distribution_Information: