Productivity of different working techniques in thinning and clear cutting in a harvester simulator

Baltic Forestry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-130

  Ovaskainen, Heikki ^a   Palander, Teijo ^a   Tkkanen, Lasse ^a   Hirvonen, Heikki ^a   Ronkainen, Petri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cut to length; Productivity; Simulator; Single grip harvester; Working technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859087598     PISSN: 13921355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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