Variation in the value recovery when bucking to alternative timber assortments and log dimensions

Forestry Studies

Volumn 45, Issue , 2006, Pages 89-100

  Malinen, Jukka ^a   Kilpeläinen, Harri ^a   Wall, Tapio ^a   Verkasalo, Erkki ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Assortments; Bucking; Harvesting; Norway spruce; Scots pine; Value

Indexed keywords

PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33847758296     PISSN: 14069954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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