Recovery rate of harvest residues for bioenergy in boreal and temperate forests: A review

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 429-451

  Thiffault, Evelyne ^a,b   Béchard, Ariane ^a   Paré, David ^a   Allen, Darren ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMERCE; ECOLOGY; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

AVERAGE RECOVERY RATE; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; BOREAL AND TEMPERATE FOREST; ECOLOGICAL SUITABILITY; PROCUREMENT PRACTICES; TECHNOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL LEARNING; WOODY BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK;

RECOVERY;

EID: 84939513735     PISSN: 20418396     EISSN: 2041840X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wene.157     Document Type: Article

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