Short-rotation forestry - Operations, productivity and costs based on experience gained in the UK

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 121, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 123-136

  Mitchell, C P ^a   Stevens, E A ^b   Watters, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biomass; Coppice; Economics; Poplar; Productivity; Short rotation forestry; Willow

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; ROTATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033181022     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00561-1     Document Type: Article

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