Impact of Nitrogen Fertilization to Short-Rotation Willow Coppice Plantations Grown in Sweden on Yield and Economy

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 993-1001

  Aronsson, Pär ^a   Rosenqvist, Håkan ^a   Dimitriou, Ioannis ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertilization effect; Nitrogen; Profitability; Salix; Yield response

Indexed keywords

COSTS; NITROGEN; PROFITABILITY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

DISTRICT-HEATING PLANTS; FERTILIZATION EFFECT; MINERAL NITROGEN; NET PRESENT VALUE; NITROGEN FERTILIZATION; SALIX; TRANSPORTATION OF WOOD CHIPS; YIELD RESPONSE;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

COSTS; FERTILIZATION; NITROGEN; PROFITABILITY; SALIX; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SALIX;

EID: 84906781262     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-014-9435-7     Document Type: Article

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