Simulation of geometric thinning systems and their time requirements for young forests

Silva Fennica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-147

  Bergström, Dan ^a   Bergsten, Urban ^a   Nordfjell, Tomas ^a   Lundmark, Tomas ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Svartberget Field Station   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Forest technology; Multi stem

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARVESTING;

BIOENERGY; FOREST TECHNOLOGY; MULTI-STEM;

FORESTRY;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MAPPING METHOD; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; THINNING;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; SIMULATION; THINNING;

EURASIA; FENNOSCANDIA;

EID: 34247525176     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.311     Document Type: Article

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