Opportunities and challenges to the supply of woody biomass for energy from Missouri nonindustrial privately owned forestlands

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 249-260

  Aguilar, Francisco X ^a   Daniel, Marissa Jo ^a   Narine, Lana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest; Management; Ownership; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DEPRESSED PRICES; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS; FOREST OWNERSHIP; NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST LANDOWNERS; OWNERSHIP; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS POWER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; PRIVATE LAND; TIMBER HARVESTING;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881231117     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.13-009     Document Type: Article

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