Recovery of aboveground biomass in Ohio, 1978

Eric Wharton

doi:10.2737/NE-RN-310

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Recovery of aboveground biomass in Ohio, 1978

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Authors:

Eric Wharton

Year:

1982

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NE-RN-310

Source:

Research Note NE-310. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6p.

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Abstract

Timber-use studies in Ohio show that multiproduct harvesting could be improved. The recovery rate from these operations, expressed as a ratio of the merchantable stem biomass estimate, is 103 percent. Although current methods of multiproduct harvesting have improved recovery of the merchantable stem, an estimated 1,539 thousand fresh tons of total residual biomass were left unused in 1978. Modifications of present multiproduct harvesting systems could increase the recovery of aboveground biomass.

Citation

Wharton, Eric H. 1982. Recovery of aboveground biomass in Ohio, 1978. Research Note NE-310. Broomall, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6p.