Biomass harvest from natural willow rings around prairie wetlands

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 99-105

  Schroeder, William ^a   Kort, John ^a   Savoie, Philippe ^a   Preto, Fernando ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomass yield; Coppice; Fuel characteristics; Resprouting; Salix

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS YIELD; COPPICE; FUEL CHARACTERISTICS; RESPROUTING; SALIX;

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; FUEL GAGES; FUELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WETLANDS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

HARVESTING;

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COPPICE; FUELS; HARVESTING; PLANTS; SALIX; WETLANDS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SALIX; SALIX BEBBIANA; SALIX DISCOLOR; SALIX ERIOCEPHALA; SALIX PETIOLARIS;

EID: 70349422145     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-009-9040-3     Document Type: Article

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