Financial and energy cost of low-impact wood extraction in environmentally sensitive areas

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 601-606

  Magagnotti, Natascia ^a   Spinelli, Raffaele ^a  

^a CNR IVALSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Draught horses; Energy; Impact; Logging; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL COSTS; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; CONTINUOUS COVER FORESTRIES; COST-EFFICIENCY; DRAUGHT HORSE; ENERGY; ENERGY COST; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS; FOSSIL ENERGY; IMPACT; LOGGING; LOGGING OPERATIONS; MOTOR VEHICLE; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; UNIT COST; WOOD EXTRACTION;

COSTS; FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY; SKIDDING; TIMBER; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK);

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; FOSSIL FUEL; HORSE; TERRAIN; WOOD;

COSTS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; IMPACT; LOGGING; PRODUCTIVITY; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SKIDDING; TRACTORS; TRUCKS;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 79951672422     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.12.021     Document Type: Article

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