Time consumption and damage to the remaining stock in mechanised and motor manual pre-commercial thinning

Silva Fennica

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 455-464

  Ligné, Daniel ^a   Eliasson, Lars ^a   Nordfjell, Tomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birch; Brush saw; Cleaning; Husqvarna; Scots pine; Time study; Vimek

Indexed keywords

CLEANING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; CROPS; FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY;

BRUSH SAW; HUSQVARNA; PCT; VIMEK;

TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP DAMAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; THINNING;

BETULA; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; FARM CROPS; INVENTORIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PRODUCTIVITY; TREES; WORK STUDY;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 27144499185     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: 00375330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.379     Document Type: Article

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