Productivity of the John Deere slash bundler in removing in-forest residues from pine harvest sites in the mid-South: Four case studies

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 31-36

  Patterson, David W ^a   Pelkki, Matthew H ^a   Steele, Philip H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; JOHN DEERE; STUDY SITES;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MATERIALS HANDLING; PLANT LAYOUT; TRUCKS; TWINE;

BINDING SITES;

BINDING; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; TRUCKS; TWINE;

EID: 51049112000     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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