Productivity and cost of harvesting a stemwood biomass product from integrated cut-to-length harvest operations in Australian Pinus radiata plantations

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-102

  Walsh, D ^a,b   Strandgard, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass harvesting; Forest operations; Forestry; Logging; Wood

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COSTS; EXTRACTION; FIBERS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; KRAFT PULP; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PRODUCTIVITY; TIMBER; WOOD;

BIOMASS HARVESTING; CUT-TO-LENGTH; ENERGY GENERATIONS; FOREST OPERATION; HARVEST OPERATIONS; NUTRIENT LOSS; RESOURCE UTILISATION; STEMWOOD BIOMASS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); PHYTOMASS; PLANTATION; POWER GENERATION; SILVICULTURE; WOOD;

BIOMASS; COSTS; EXTRACTION; FIBERS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; KRAFT PULPING; LOGGING; PRODUCTIVITY; WOOD;

AUSTRALIA;

PINUS RADIATA; RADIATA;

EID: 84901639957     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.01.017     Document Type: Article

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