Residual stand damage after shovel logging and conventional ground skidding in an Appalachian hardwood stand

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 88-92

  Egan, Andrew F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLE DAMAGE; HARDWOOD; RUBBER-TIRED SKIDDING;

HARVESTING; RUBBER; WOOD;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

EID: 0032651525     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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