Future harvest: What might forest harvesting entail 25 years hence?

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-186

  Vanclay, Jerome K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forest; Futuristic; Harvesting; Integration; Optimization

Indexed keywords

DATA PROTOCOL; FOREST; FOREST HARVESTING; FUTURE TRENDS; FUTURISTIC; HARVESTING MACHINES; INFORMATICS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; RESIDUAL STANDS; SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SOIL DATA; VEHICLE MOVEMENTS;

HARVESTERS; MATERIALS HANDLING; OPTIMIZATION;

HARVESTING;

EID: 79951832211     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2010.545828     Document Type: Article

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