Production and cost of harvesting, processing, and transporting small-diameter (≤ 5 inches) trees for energy

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 47-53

  Pan, Fei ^a,d   Han, Han Sup ^b,d   Johnson, Leonard R ^a,d   Elliot, William J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED (CO); ARIZONA (CO); BALANCE (WEIGHTING); DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT (DBH); ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FIRE RISKS; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST PRODUCTS; HIGH COSTS; MARKET VALUE; PRODUCTIVE MACHINE HOUR (PMH); RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES (RES); SKIDDING DISTANCE; SYSTEM COSTS; THINNING TREATMENT; TOTAL COSTS; TREE SIZE; WHOLE TREE HARVESTING;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; BONE; CONSERVATION; COST ACCOUNTING; COST REDUCTION; CURING; DRYING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; RAW MATERIALS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ACCOUNTING; BIOMASS; COST CONTROL; CURING; DRYING; ENERGY; FOREST FIRES; HARVESTING; MARKETING; POLLUTION; PROCESSING; PRODUCTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORT; TREES;

SUIDAE;

EID: 45849114064     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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