Schuster, Ervin G.; Niccolucci, Michael J. 1 989. Predicting timber sale costs from sale 

 characteristics in the Intermountain West. Res. Pap. INT-406. Ogden, UT: U.S. 

 Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station. 9 p. 



Presents a simple, equation-based method to estimate timber sale costs. Data were 

 obtained from timber sales on National Forests in the Intermountain West. Equations 

 were estimated by Seemingly Unrelated Regression. 



KEYWORDS: timber management, logging costs, stumpage value, timber sales 



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