Economic impacts of short-rotation woody crops for energy or oriented strand board: A Minnesota case study

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 149-156

  Lazarus, William F ^a   Tiffany, Douglas G ^a   Zalesny Jr , Ronald S ^b   Riemenschneider, Don E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Northern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Feedstock production; Hybrid poplar; Impact analysis; IMPLAN; OSB

Indexed keywords

FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION; HYBRID POPLAR; IMPACT ANALYSIS; IMPLAN; OSB;

CROPS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ETHANOL; ROTATION; WAGES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

BIOFUEL; COMPETITIVENESS; CROP ROTATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; LAND USE PLANNING; WOODY PLANT;

CROP ROTATION; ENERGY; ETHANOL; FARM CROPS; FORESTRY; HYBRIDS; IMPACT; MINNESOTA; POPULUS; SALARIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS;

EID: 79957799710     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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