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[en] Precommercial thinning and plantation cleaning offer opportunities for increasing the availability of wood fuel in Canada. In 1992, approximately 130 000 ha were treated with precommercial thinning or stand cleaning. Manual methods predominate in these silvicultural activities; however, at stand densities greater than 10 000 - 15 000 stems/ha, mechanized systems are more economical. Recovering this biomass for wood fuel would require changes to silvicultural systems and harvesting technology
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Puttock, D.; Richardsson, J. (eds.); Finnish Forest Research Inst., Helsinki (Finland); 72 p; ISBN 951-40-1600-9;
; 1998; p. 11-22; Available from Finnish Forest Research Institute Metla, Library, P.O.Box 18, FIN-01301 Vantaa, Finland

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