Impacts of bucking and delimbing alternatives on pulpwood and energy wood yields in young thinning stands in Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 243-251

  Räisänen, Tommi ^a   Nurmi, Juha ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

bioenergy; biomass; birch; integrated thinning; Norway spruce; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TIMBER;

BIO-ENERGY; BIRCH; INTEGRATED THINNING; NORWAY SPRUCE; SCOTS PINE;

FORESTRY;

BETULA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 84899930933     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2014.903991     Document Type: Article

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