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Title: | The effect of tree size on the delivered wood cost in Northern Ontario |
Authors: | Parsons, Brett |
Keywords: | Delivered wood cost;Intensive silviculture;Extensive silviculture;Wood transport;Economics (forestry);Logging operations (cost);Forest management (Ontario);Harvesting costs and profitability (Ontario forests) |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Abstract: | To determine the effects that tree size has on the delivered wood cost, data was collected from existing literature on: average tree size (m3), average off road transport distance, volume per hectare (m3/ha), logging chance volume (m3) and average long-distance transport of wood in Northern Ontario. These variables were used to create three different modeled scenarios: Current (Extensive) Practices, Natural Regeneration with Thinning and Intensive Plantations. Of the three scenarios the Intensive Plantation had the lowest cost of wood at $39.18/ m3. While the Current (Extensive) scenario was the highest at $49.19/m3. For each a sensitivity analysis was performed on each variable to determine the variable with the most significant impact on the delivered wood cost. Through this it was found that the average long-distance transport distance played the most significant role and was capable of altering the final price by up to $12.04/m3. The average tree size was the second most significant contributing factor and was capable of altering the delivered wood cost by up to $3.82/m3. These results help define the effect intensive silvculture has on tree size and therefore on delivered wood cost. |
URI: | http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/4623 |
metadata.etd.degree.discipline: | Natural Resources Management |
metadata.etd.degree.name: | Honours Bachelor of Science in Forestry |
metadata.etd.degree.level: | Bachelor |
metadata.dc.contributor.advisor: | Pulkki, Reino |
Appears in Collections: | Undergraduate theses |
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