DavidL.Nicholls,RobertA.Monserud,and Dennis P.Dykstra美国林产品杂志58卷1、2期合刊发表了DavidL.Nicholls等人的一篇关于森林生物质能源利用的论文。过去10年中,美国西部创纪录的森林火灾引起了人们的关注。美国西部城市与野外交界地带的不断扩展,使减少林火危险变得越来越重要。林地的过度蓄积是引起林火的一大危险因素。据美国林务局本世纪初的估 David L. Nicholls, Robert A. Monserud, and Dennis P. Dykstra 58, 1, 2 Journal of the American Forest Products Joint Issue published a paper by David L. Nicholls et al. On the Utilization of Forest Biomass Energy. In the past 10 years, a record forest fire in the western United States has caught the attention of people. The continuous expansion of the western United States urban and wild border areas has made it increasingly important to reduce the risk of forest fires. Over-accumulation of forest land is a major risk factor for forest fires. According to the United States Forest Service early estimates of this century