A harvest and transport cost model for Eucalyptus spp. fast-growing short rotation plantations

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1265-1270

  Spinelli, Raffaele ^a   Ward, Shane M ^b   Owende, Philip M ^c  

^a CNR Timber   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Costs; Eucalyptus; Harvesting; Short rotation forestry; Transportation

Indexed keywords

COST MODELS; CUT-TO-LENGTH; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS PLANTATIONS; FOREST MANAGERS; MACHINE PRODUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL RELATIONSHIP; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PULP CHIPS; ROUNDWOOD; SHORT ROTATION FORESTRY; SHORT ROTATION PLANTATION; SIMULATION RESULT; SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPORT COSTS; WORK CONDITION;

COMPETITION; COSTS; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROTATION; SIMULATORS; SUPPLY CHAINS; TIMBER; TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

HARVESTING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; HARVESTING; LOGISTICS; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTIMIZATION; PLANTATION; PROFITABILITY; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

COMPETITION; COSTS; EUCALYPTUS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; PLANTS; TRANSPORT;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 67650729436     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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