Extracting and chipping hardwood crowns for energy

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 455-461

  Suadicani, Kjell ^a   Talbot, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Chipping; Firewood; Forwarding; Fuel chips; Hardwood

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CHIPPING; COMMON BEECH; FIREWOOD; FORWARDING; FUEL CHIPS; MOTOR-MANUAL; NET INCOMES; SAWLOGS; WOODY BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK;

FUELS;

HARDWOODS;

FAGUS;

EID: 77957800258     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2010.509328     Document Type: Article

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