Impact of historic fuelwood cutting on the semidesert woodlands of southeastern Arizona

Journal Article · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/4004712· OSTI ID:6937854

Bahre, C J; Hutchinson, C F

Estimates of fuelwood consumption in an area within 25 miles of Tombstone were made for 1880 to the present from data on fuelwood use by mines and census figures on domestic wood use for heating and cooking. Mining ended at the same time as forest reserves were established at the beginning of this century. Large juniper and oaks are now rare in the area, but the volume of standing fuelwood in the oak-juniper woodlands is probably greater now than in the preceding century because of reduced cutting since 1940. No major change in the area of oak-juniper woodland seems to have resulted from the historic consumption of large quantities of fuelwood.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Davis
• OSTI ID: 6937854
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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