Guidelines for harvesting forest biomass for energy: A synthesis of environmental considerations

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4538-4546

  Abbas, Dalia ^a   Current, Dean ^a   Phillips, Michael ^b   Rossman, Richard ^c   Hoganson, Howard ^a   Brooks, Kenneth N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Minnesota Forest Resources Council   (United States)

^c Minnesota Forest Resources Council Biomass Guidelines Technical Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Ecosystem Services; Habitat; Hydrology; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIO-BASED PRODUCTS; BIO-ENERGY; BIO-MASS ENERGY; BIOMASS HARVESTING; BIOMASS MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS; FINNISH; FOREST BIOMASS; HABITAT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; TIMBER MANAGEMENT; WOODY MATERIALS;

ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; REFORESTATION; SOILS; TIMBER;

BIOMASS;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HABITAT TYPE; HARVESTING; HYDROLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MULCHING; REGENERATION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 81555201460     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.06.029     Document Type: Article

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