Enhancing forest value productivity through fiber quality

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 174-182

  Briggs, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber Quality; Productivity; Silviculture; Wood Quality

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOREFINERIES; CARBON STORAGE; DEVELOPING MARKETS; DIFFERENT SCALE; ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONS; FIBER QUALITY; FOREST SECTORS; MARKETING ACTIVITIES; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRODUCT PERFORMANCE; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SCIENTIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE; SILVICULTURE TREATMENT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CHROMOSOMES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; FIBERS; FORESTRY; INVESTMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PRODUCTIVITY; WOOD;

PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY;

BIOENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SILVICULTURE; WOOD QUALITY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CARBON; CHROMOSOMES; CLIMATES; DECISION THEORY; FIBERS; FORESTRY; INVESTMENT; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; PULP INDUSTRY; QUALITY; SILVICULTURE; WOOD PROPERTIES;

EID: 77954075930     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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