Developing a sustainable forest biomass industry: Case of the us northeast

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 122, Issue , 2009, Pages 141-151

  Damery, D ^a   Benjamin, J ^b   Kelty, M ^a   Lilieholm, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest biomass; Forest landowners; Forest policy; Harvest; Human dimensions; Renewable energy; Social attitudes; Supply; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952087325     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ECO090141     Document Type: Article

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