Energy wood and pulpwood harvesting from young stands using a prototype whole-tree bundler

Silva Fennica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 763-779

  Jylhä, Paula ^a   Laitila, Juha ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bundling; Energy wood; Fixteri; Integrated harvesting; Productivity; Pulpwood

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; HARVESTERS; PAPER AND PULP MILLS;

ENERGY WOOD; INTEGRATED HARVESTING; PULPWOOD;

PULP;

BIOENERGY; HARVESTING; MACHINERY; WOOD;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; HARVESTERS; PULP MILLS; PULPS;

EID: 40849134062     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.470     Document Type: Article

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