Pinus saw timber tree optimisation in south africa: A comparison of mechanised tree optimisation (harvester/processor) versus current manual methods

Southern Forests

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-30

  Eggers, John ^a   McEwan, Andrew ^a   Conradie, Beatrice ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cut to length; Fibre recovery; Full tree; Harvester; Processing; Saw timber; Tree length; Tree optimisation; Value recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650326728     PISSN: 20702620     EISSN: 20702639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/20702620.2010.481099     Document Type: Article

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