The cost-efficiency of seedling packaging specifically designed for tree planting machines

Silva Fennica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-394

  Ersson, Back Tomas ^a   Bergsten, Urban ^a   Lindroos, Ola ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Containerized seedlings; Cost analysis; Logistics; Mechanized planting; Nursery technology; Seedling feed; Seedling transport

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; COST ACCOUNTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENTS; LOGISTICS; PACKAGING; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION; SEED; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRUCKS;

CARDBOARD BOXES; CONTAINERIZED SEEDLINGS; COST ANALYSIS; COST EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENT COSTS; MECHANIZED PLANTING; PACKAGING SYSTEM; SEEDLING TRANSPORT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; MACHINERY; PRODUCTIVITY; SEEDLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREE PLANTING; TRUCKING;

ACCOUNTING; CONTAINERIZATION; COST ANALYSIS; EXTRACTIVES; INVESTMENT; LOGGING MACHINES; MATERIALS HANDLING; PACKAGING; PLANTING; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SEEDLINGS; TRANSPORT; TRUCKS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 80053982715     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.108     Document Type: Article

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