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Energy is significant for forestry from two different points of view. A tree crop captures solar energy, usually regarded as free energy and stores the energy in the form of biomass. A considerable part of the biomass of the tree crop is being used to satisfy human needs. The second aspect on energy in forestry is that for the management, harvesting and conversion of the biomass to marketable or useful products energy is used. This input is not in the form of free energy but as energy bound or embodied in petrol, machines, fertilizer etc. Forest labour requires energy in many forms to be able to perform work as do the animals used in forest work (horses, oxens, mules etc.).
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Sundberg, U., Silversides, C.R. (1988). Energy Analysis. In: Sundberg, U., Silversides, C.R. (eds) Operational Efficiency in Forestry. Forestry Sciences, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0504-2_4
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