Wildfire fuel harvesting and resultant biomass utilization using a cut-to-length/small chipper system

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 181-189

  Chad Bolding, M ^a,c   Lanford, Bobby L ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUT-TO-LENGTH; ENERGYWOOD; FOREST FUELS;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; FUELS; WOOD;

HARVESTING;

BIOMASS; CHIPPERS; FORESTRY; FUELS; HARVESTING; WOOD;

EID: 30344471205     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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