Integrated harvesting of energy wood and pulpwood in first thinnings using the two-pile cutting method

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3397-3403

  Kärhä, Kalle ^a  

^a Metsäteho Oy ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Costs; Early thinnings; Energy wood; Harvesting; Integrated procurement; Pulpwood

Indexed keywords

COST-SAVING; EARLY THINNINGS; ENERGY WOOD; HARVESTING COSTS; INTEGRATED PROCUREMENT; PULPWOOD; ROUNDWOODS; THINNINGS; WOOD HARVESTING;

COSTS; HARVESTING; INTEGRATION; PILES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRODUCTIVITY; TIMBER;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CUTTING; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; THINNING; VOLUME; WOOD;

EID: 79960380991     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.10.029     Document Type: Article

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