Productivity and costs of an integrated mechanical forest fuel reduction operation in southwest Oregon

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 35-46

  Bolding, M Chad ^a   Kellogg, Loren D ^b   Davis, Chad T ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sustainable Northwest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDED VALUES; BIOMASS HARVESTING; BUNCHER; FOREST FUEL REDUCTION; FUEL REDUCTION; HARVESTING SYSTEM; MIXED CONIFER; NET LOSS; TOTAL COSTS;

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; FUELS; HARVESTING;

COSTS;

BIOMASS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FORESTRY; FUELS; HARVESTING; THINNING; TREES;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 65749085449     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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