Journal article
Remaining slash in different harvesting operation sites in Australian plantations
Silva Balcanica, Vol.14(1), pp.83-93
2013
Abstract
The level of remaining slash on sites after industrial wood recovery depends on various parameters. There has been little information available on the impact of harvesting methods on the amount of remaining slash distributed over the site. The study aimed to measure the weight of remaining slash in different sites of Australian plantations harvested by cut-to-length (CTL) and whole tree (WTR) method. In some sites there was also additional biomass recovery from the harvesting residues. The study results showed that the remaining slash in sites cleared by CTL harvesting method (101.7 GMt/ha) was higher than sites clear felled by WTR (6.1 GMt/ha). Harvesting a proportion of remaining slash with biomass collection technologies resulted in lower weight of distributed slash on the sites harvested by CTL method. Based on the fraction test, the largest parts of the remaining slash was for stem wood and branches.
Details
- Title
- Remaining slash in different harvesting operation sites in Australian plantations
- Authors
- Mohammad R Ghaffariyan (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast
- Publication details
- Silva Balcanica, Vol.14(1), pp.83-93
- Publisher
- Bulgarska Akademiya na Naukite
- Date published
- 2013
- ISSN
- 1311-8706
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2013 Bulgarska Akademiya na Naukite. Reproduced here with permission of the copyright holder.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Industries Research Centre; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448890302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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