Moisture content of norway spruce stump wood at clear cutting areas and roadside storage sites

Silva Fennica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 427-434

  Laurila, Jussi ^a   Lauhanen, Risto ^a  

^a SEINÄJOKI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Harvesting; Moisture content; Picea abies; Stump wood

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROADSIDES; WATER ABSORPTION;

BIO-ENERGY; NORWAY SPRUCE; NORWAY SPRUCE STUMPS; PICEA ABIES; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; POTENTIAL SOURCES; STORAGE SITES; STUMP HARVESTING;

WOOD;

BIOENERGY; BIOFUEL; CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FUELWOOD; HARVESTING; MOISTURE CONTENT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SEASONALITY;

CUTTING; HARVESTING; MOISTURE CONTENT; PICEA ABIES; STUMPS; WATER ABSORPTION;

FINLAND;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77956973513     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.140     Document Type: Article

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