Woody biomass in the U.S. Cornbelt? Constraints and opportunities in the supply

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1561-1571

  Tyndall, John C ^a   Schulte, Lisa A ^a   Hall, Richard B ^a   Grubh, Kumudan R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Forest biomass; Forest inventory and analysis; Spatial assessment; Supply chain; Timber product output

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ASSESSMENT; TIMBER PRODUCT OUTPUT;

BIOMASS; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; RATING; SAWING; SAWMILLS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; TIMBER; WOOD PRODUCTS;

ECOLOGY;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; ECOREGION; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIMBER; WOODY DEBRIS;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; RATING; SAW MILLS; SAWING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; USA; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CORN BELT; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952535974     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.12.028     Document Type: Article

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