Effect of age on calorific value and some mechanical properties of three Eucalyptus species grown in Ethiopia

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 223-232

  Lemenih, Mulugeta ^a   Bekele, Tsegaye ^a  

^a Wondo Genet College of Forestry   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Age; Calorific value; Eucalyptus species; Fuelwood; MOE; MOR; Specific gravity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CALORIFIC VALUE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTICITY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; WOOD;

MODULUS OF ELASTICITY (MOE); MODULUS OF RUPTURE (MOR);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CROP ROTATION; FUELWOOD; HARVESTING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS; EUCALYPTUS SALIGNA;

EID: 2542545840     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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