Energy feedstock characteristics of willow and hybrid poplar clones at harvest age

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 571-580

  Tharakan, P J ^a   Volk, T A ^a   Abrahamson, L P ^a   White, E H ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ash; Bark percentage; Clonal variation; Inorganic elements; Percent moisture; Specific gravity

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONVERSION; MOISTURE; WOOD;

BIOENERGY;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS POWER; CLONE; CROP ROTATION; ENERGY CROP; PLANTATION;

POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; SALIX;

EID: 0042912083     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(03)00054-0     Document Type: Article

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