Heating value and ash content of intensively managed stands

Wood Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 71-82

  Hytönen, Jyrki ^a   Nurmi, Juha ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Bark; Downy birch; Fertilisation; Grey alder; Silver birch; Willow; Wood

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HEATING; ROTATION; WOOD;

AGE; BARK; DOWNY BIRCH; FERTILISATION; GREY ALDER; SILVER BIRCH; WILLOW;

CALORIFIC VALUE;

BARK; BETULA; SALIX; WOOD;

EID: 84937848593     PISSN: 13364561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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