Residual stand damage following cut-to-length harvesting operations with a farm tractor in two conifer stands

Silva Fennica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 461-467

  Athanassiadis, Dimitris ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Farm tractors; Harvesting; Logging; Stand damage

Indexed keywords

ABIES; BETULA PENDULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PENDULA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 0000239298     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.a8541     Document Type: Article

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