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"This reference covers renewable energy derived from natural processes that are replenished continuously in various forms, such as biofues, bio-products, and bio-power. The book provides an overview of renewable and sustainable energy and an explanation of the science and mathematics of biomass. It examines numerous types of biomass feedstocks, and includes coverage on converting biomass waste into useable energy. Tree stocks covered include Poplar, Willow, American Sycamore, Sweetgum, and Loblolly. It also offers information on the benefits of Agroforestry, the approach of combining crops with livestock. "--Provided by publisher. "Why a text on Forest-Based Biomass Energy? Good question. A better question might be: What is Forest-Based Biomass Energy? Simply, forest-based biomass energy is energy and energy products that are derived from forest biomass in forest-lands. Forest biomass (trees, shrubs, limbs, and vegetation debris) can be converted to energy and energy products in a number of ways: direct combustion, pellets, gasification, and co-firing. Many of these uses are described in this text"--

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forest engineering --- harvesting systems --- road network planning --- forest biomass --- ergonomics and work safety --- it technologies and forest operations

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The traditional pulp and paper producers are facing new competitors in tropical and subtropical regions who use the latest and largest installed technologies, and also have wood and labor cost advantages. Due to the increasing global competition, the forest products prices will continue to decrease. To remain viable, the traditional producers need to increase revenue by producing bioenergy and biomaterials in addition to wood, pulp, and paper products. In this so-called Integrated Products Biorefinery, all product lines are highly integrated and energy efficient. Integrated Products Biorefi

Forest biomass. --- Sustainable forestry. --- Forest biomass --- Paper industry --- Sustainable forestry --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Chemical Engineering --- Forestry --- Refining --- Biomass --- Biomass energy. --- Paper industry. --- Wood-pulp industry. --- Refining. --- Bio-energy (Biomass energy) --- Bioenergy (Biomass energy) --- Biofuels --- Biological fuels --- Energy, Biomass --- Microbial energy conversion --- Energy conversion --- Fuel --- Energy crops --- Microbial fuel cells --- Refuse as fuel --- Waste products as fuel --- Mass (Physics) --- Biology --- Pulpwood industry --- Paper making and trade --- Papermaking industry --- Non-timber forest products industry --- Biomass as fuel --- Renewable fuels --- Renewable energy sources

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Forest biomass --- -Forest surveys --- -#ABIB:FAOdeposit --- Forest inventories --- Forest surveying --- Forests and forestry --- Natural resources surveys --- Vegetation surveys --- Biomass --- Measurement --- Surveying --- Forest surveys --- Environmental Sciences and Forestry. Forestry --- Measurement. --- Forest Products --- Wood and Wood Products --- Wood and Wood Products. --- #ABIB:FAOdeposit

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This book presents practical information about hemispherical photography from the perspectives of field data acquisition, image processing and information retrieval methods. This book is organized into three sections. The first section describes what is hemispherical photography and what are the fundamental elements of forest structure and light interactions within the forest canopy. The second section provides practical information about the equipment, procedures and tools for procuring, processing and analyzing hemispherical photographs. Armed with this information, the third section describes several applications of hemispherical photographs to forestry and natural resource assessment. The book concludes with a discussion about modelling tools and future directions of this rapidly growing field. There is currently no information source on the market that has this comprehensive range of topics combined in a single book. The book will appeal to academics, graduate students, natural resource professionals and researchers alike.

Life sciences. --- Image processing. --- Remote sensing. --- Forestry. --- Natural resources. --- Life Sciences. --- Image Processing and Computer Vision. --- Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. --- Natural Resources. --- Forest biomass --- Hemispherical photography. --- Measurement --- Methodology. --- Canopy photography --- Fisheye photography (Hemispherical photography) --- Photography --- Biomass --- Forests and forestry --- Forests and forestry. --- Computer vision. --- Machine vision --- Vision, Computer --- Artificial intelligence --- Image processing --- Pattern recognition systems --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- National resources --- Resources, Natural --- Resource-based communities --- Resource curse --- Economic aspects --- Optical data processing. --- Remote-sensing imagery --- Remote sensing systems --- Remote terrain sensing --- Sensing, Remote --- Terrain sensing, Remote --- Aerial photogrammetry --- Aerospace telemetry --- Detectors --- Space optics --- Optical computing --- Visual data processing --- Bionics --- Electronic data processing --- Integrated optics --- Photonics --- Computers --- Optical equipment