Cost and productivity of harvesting high-value hybrid poplar plantations in Italy

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-70

  Spinelli, Raffaele ^a   Magagnotti, Natascia ^a   Sperandio, Giulio ^b   Cielo, Paolo ^c   Verani, Stefano ^d   Zanuttini, Roberto ^e  

^a CNR IVALSA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c Fortea   (Italy)

^d CRA PLF   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FORESTRY; MACHINERY;

FINANCIAL SUCCESS; HYBRID POPLAR; LABOR REQUIREMENTS; MECHANIZED HARVESTING; MECHANIZED SYSTEMS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; TEMPERATE REGIONS; VALUE RECOVERY;

HARVESTING;

EXTRACTIVES; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MACHINERY; MECHANIZATION; PLANTS; POPULUS; PROFITABILITY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 79960379478     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13073/0015-7473-61.1.64     Document Type: Review

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