Economic evaluation of a roll-off trucking system removing forest biomass resulting from shaded fuelbreak treatments

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1006-1016

  Han, Han Sup ^a   Halbrook, Jeff ^b   Pan, Fei ^a   Salazar, Lucy ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Happy Camp Ranger District   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Harvesting and transportation; Hog fuel grinding; Slash removal; Wildland fires

Indexed keywords

BONE DRY METRIC TONS; CALIFORNIA; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; FINANCIAL ANALYSIS; FOREST BIOMASS; HIGH COSTS; HIGH RATE; HOG FUELS; INCOME TAX; MOISTURE CONTENTS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; OVERALL COSTS; SKID-STEER LOADERS; SLASH REMOVAL; SMALL-DIAMETER; TRUCK CONFIGURATION; WILDLAND FIRE; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; COSTS; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; FUELS; GRINDING (MACHINING); HARVESTING; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; TAXATION; TRUCKS; WINCHES;

TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

BIOMASS; DIAMETER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; HARVESTING; MOISTURE CONTENT; TRUCKING; UNDERSTORY;

BIOMASS; COSTS; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; GRINDING; HARVESTING; TRUCKS; WINCHES;

SUIDAE;

EID: 77954863172     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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