Effects of boom-corridor thinning on harvester productivity and residual stand structure

D Bergström, R Fernandez-Lacruz… - … Journal of Forest …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Biomass derived from small-diameter, dense, thinning stands is largely underutilized within
the European Union, mainly because of in-effective harvesting methods and cutting …

Simulation-based cost analysis of industrial supply of chips from logging residues and small-diameter trees

R Fernandez-Lacruz, A Eriksson, D Bergström - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Research Highlights: The use of terminals can increase supply costs by 5–11%(when
compared to direct supply), but terminals help secure supply during peak demand and cope …

Productivity and profitability of harvesting overgrown roadside verges–a Swedish case study

R Fernandez-Lacruz, M Edlund… - … Journal of Forest …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the large biomass potential, current management practices for roadside verges
(ditch backslopes, foreslopes and bottoms, possible parking lots and other lateral land) …

Productivity and cost of harvesting overgrowth brushwood from roadsides and field edges

J Laitila, K Väätäinen - International journal of forest engineering, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Forest fuel production from overgrowth brushwood is an option when regular clearing of
forest roadsides or edges of arable land has been neglected for some reason. The basic …

Productivity of harvesting and clearing of brushwood alongside forest roads

J Laitila, K Väätäinen - 2020 - jukuri.luke.fi
Expertise in the cost-efficient utilization and treatment of brushwood on forest roadside sites
is limited. In the present study, the productivity of brushwood clearing and harvesting on …

[PDF][PDF] Using ALS data for biomass estimations alongside forest roads

RF Lacruz, LT Ene - 2022 - skogforsk.se
This study has been carried out during the period 2021–2022 within the work package
“National potentials of biomass from low-value trees” as a part of the project “Potentials …

[PDF][PDF] Pieniläpimittaisen puun tulevaisuudet

T Mauno - 2021 - erepo.uef.fi
Small-diameter wood is primarily used in energy production in Finland. However,
smalldiameter wood can play a role in new bio-based products and in the changes of the …