Harvesting productivity and costs when utilizing energywood from pine plantations of the southern Coastal Plain USA

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-95

  Conrad, Joseph L ^a   Bolding, M Chad ^b   Aust, W Michael ^b   Smith, Robert L ^b   Horcher, Andy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass harvesting; Energy chips; Forest operations; Forestry; Logging

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS HARVESTING; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS; ENERGY CHIPS; FOREST OPERATION; NORTH CAROLINA , USA; ROUNDWOOD PRODUCTION; SKIDDING PRODUCTIVITY;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS; BIOMASS; CONTRACTORS; COSTS; FORESTRY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PRODUCTIVITY; TRUCKS;

HARVESTING;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; COASTAL PLAIN; CONIFEROUS FOREST; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENERGY USE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FORESTRY PRACTICE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); PLANTATION FORESTRY; PRODUCTIVITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875780755     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2013.02.038     Document Type: Article

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