Integrated procurement of pulpwood and energy wood from early thinnings using whole-tree bundling

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3389-3396

  Kärhä, Kalle ^a   Jylhä, Paula ^b   Laitila, Juha ^b  

^a Metsäteho Oy ^*  (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bundling; Early thinnings; Energy wood; Integrated procurement; Pulpwood; Small diameter wood

Indexed keywords

BUNDLING; EARLY THINNINGS; ENERGY WOOD; INTEGRATED PROCUREMENT; PULPWOOD; SMALL-DIAMETER WOOD;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST REDUCTION; ENERGY HARVESTING; INTEGRATION; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

TIMBER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAMETER; FOREST INVENTORY; HARVESTING; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; THINNING; VOLUME;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 79960357504     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.08.068     Document Type: Article

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