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Improving Communications to Increase Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowner (NIPF) Participation in Forest Certification Programs: A Case Study in Arkansas, USA by Elena C. Rubino, Nana Tian, Matthew H. Pelkki

“…Despite the socioeconomic and ecological significance of the 10.4 million acres of forestland owned by nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners across…”
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Estimating Carbon Efficiency of Bioenergy Systems in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley by Md Farhad H. Masum, Sayeed R. Mehmood, Matthew H. Pelkki, Hal O. Liechty

“…Due to climate change and energy security concerns, bioenergy products and systems are becoming increasingly important, and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can…”
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Initial effects of quinclorac on the survival and growth of high biomass tree species by Adams, Joshua P., Pelkki, Matthew H., Ford, Victor L., Humphrey, Allan

“…Increasingly, short rotation woody crops are being planted for biofuel/biomass production on unused lands or marginal agricultural lands. Many of these…”
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A Synopsis of Methodological Variations in Economic Contribution Analyses for Forestry and Forest-Related Industries in the US South by Joshi, Omkar, Henderson, James E., Tanger, Shaun M., Boby, Leslie A., Pelkki, Matthew H., Taylor, Eric L.

“…The forest products sector plays an important role in regional economies in the United States. Although direct economic contribution values are relatively easy…”
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Effect of Formic Acid and Furfural on the Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose Powder and Dilute Acid-Pretreated Poplar Hydrolysates by Arora, Anju, Martin, Elizabeth M, Pelkki, Matthew H, Carrier, Danielle Julie

“…Biomass pretreatment often leads to the formation of compounds that are inhibitory to enzymatic hydrolysis. To remove inhibitory compounds prior to enzymatic…”
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Financial Health and Response of Arkansas's Loggers to Depressed Timber Markets and Severe Operating Conditions of 2009 by Pelkki, Matthew H

“…In 2009, Arkansas's loggers faced a severely depressed timber market and historic weather conditions that placed these firms in severe financial distress. A…”
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Genotype influences survival and growth of eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides L.) managed as a bioenergy feedstock on retired agricultural sites of the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley by Dipesh, K. C., Blazier, Michael A., Pelkki, Matthew H., Liechty, Hal O.

“…The global community needs a sustainable and renewable sources of energy as alternatives to finite fossil fuels that are also associated with climate change…”
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Hot water and dilute acid pretreatment of high and low specific gravity Populus deltoides clones by Martin, Elizabeth M, Bunnell, Kris A, Lau, Ching-Shuan, Pelkki, Matthew H, Patterson, David W, Clausen, Edgar C, Smith, James A, Carrier, Danielle Julie

“…Populus sp. are hardwood feedstocks that grow in forest management areas that are logged for softwoods; however, they are also being considered as an…”
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Size, moisture content, and British thermal unit value of processed in-woods residues: five case studies by Patterson, David W, Hartley, Jonathan I, Pelkki, Matthew H

“…With the increased emphasis in the utilization of biomass for energy, the interest in wood as an energy resource has moved from just mill residues to include…”
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Effects of 9 months of weather exposure on slash bundles in the Mid-South by Patterson, David W, Hartley, Jonathan I, Pelkki, Matthew H, Steele, Philip H

“…With more interest in using woody biomass as an energy resource, the John Deere 1490D slash bundler is gaining in popularity for extracting logging residues…”
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Productivity of the John Deere slash bundler in removing in-forest residues from pine harvest sites in the mid-South: four case studies by Patterson, David W, Pelkki, Matthew H, Steele, Philip H

“…In the summer of 2006, the only John Deere 1490D slash bundler in North America was brought to Arkansas so that four independent case studies could be…”
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Use and cost of Best Management Practices (BMPs) and BMP-related Sustainable Forestry Initiative guidelines to Arkansas timber producers by Montgomery, R.A, Pelkki, M.H, Mehmood, S.R

“…A mail survey was conducted to determine the cost and frequency of use for Best Management Practices (BMPs) and BMP-related Sustainable Forestry Initiative…”
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Log Grade Prediction for Standing Yellow-Poplar Trees in Eastern Kentucky by Hilpp, G. Keith, Pelkki, Matthew H.

“…Information on the quality of logs in standing trees can aid resource managers and landowners in maximizing returns from timber harvests. However, little is…”
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Effects of thinning in a cherrybark oak plantation by Pelkki, M.H, Colvin, R.J

“…A cherrybark oak plantation was established on an Upper Coastal Plain creek bottom in southwest Arkansas in 1962. At age 10, treatments of (1) thinning only,…”
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Hot water and dilute acid pretreatment of high and low specific gravity Populusdeltoides clones by Martin, Elizabeth M., Bunnell, Kris A., Lau, Ching-Shuan, Pelkki, Matthew H., Patterson, David W., Clausen, Edgar C., Smith, James A., Carrier, Danielle Julie

“…Populus sp. are hardwood feedstocks that grow in forest management areas that are logged for softwoods; however, they are also being considered as an…”
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Impacts of Thinning Strategies on Financial Returns from Yellow-Poplar Stands by Pelkki, Matthew H.

“…In the central and southern Appalachian region of the United States, yellow-poplar is an important timber resource for the sawmill and composite wood…”
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Optimal management of shortleaf pine plantations in the central United States by Pelkki, M.H

“…A dynamic programming (DP) algorithm was developed for shortleaf pine in the Central United States. All thinning strategies examined (above, below, above and…”
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The effects of neighborhood storage size on dynamic programming solutions by Pelkki, M.H

“…Forward recursive dynamic programming (DP) was used to investigate the sensitivity of two and three-state dynamic programming networks to neighborhood storage…”
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The forests of Western Siberia: New century, new role by Pelkki, Matthew H, Kirillova, Natalia V, Sedykh, Vladimir N

“…Forests cover nearly 75 million ha in Western Siberia and contain about 10% of the world's growing stock of nontropical wood fiber. Over half of these forests…”
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Evaluating changes in yellow-poplar management in response to new low-end markets by Pelkki, M.H, Arthaud, G.J

“…Optimal rotation length and thinning schedules for yellow-poplar were determined through the use of a dynamic programming simulation system. Economic and…”
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