Utilizing forest biomass by adding a small chipper to a tree-length southern pine harvesting operation

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 165-169

  Westbrook Jr , Michael D ^a   Greene, W Dale ^a   Izlar, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest biomass; Fuel chips; Logging operation; Nutrient loss; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOFTWOODS;

FOREST BIOMASS; FUEL CHIPS; LOGGING OPERATION; NUTRIENT LOSS;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LOGGING; PINUS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES;

ACER RUBRUM; PERSEA PALUSTRIS; PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS ELLIOTTII; QUERCUS NIGRA;

EID: 37349016882     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/31.4.165     Document Type: Article

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