A comparison of harvester productivity and stump volume waste in coppiced and planted eucalyptus grandis pulpwood compartments in the KwaZulu-Natal forestry region of South Africa

Over the past decade the South African forestry industry has gradually experienced the ramifications of labour scarcity, increases in labour costs, the effect of HIV and AIDS and increasing timber demand. Consequently, this has led to an increase in the mechanisation rate, especially in timber harve...

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Main Author: Ramantswana, Mufhumudzi Muedanyi
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1019844