Chipping whole trees for fuel chips: A production study

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 176-180

  Mitchell, Dana ^a   Gallagher, Tom ^b  

^a Southern Research Station   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Harvesting; Hog fuel; Production

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; MOISTURE; OPERATING COSTS; SOFTWOODS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CUT-AND-PILE; HOG FUEL; MULCHING;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CHIPPING; CHIPS; HARVESTING; MOISTURE CONTENT; OPERATING COSTS; PINUS TAEDA;

PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS TAEDA; SUIDAE;

EID: 37349083828     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/31.4.176     Document Type: Article

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