Estimating and validating ground-based timber harvesting production through computer simulation

Forest Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-76

  Wang, Jingxin ^a   LeDoux, Chris B ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Forest operations; Logging; Production; Timber harvesting; Validation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRACTION; COSTS; DIGITAL STORAGE; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SKIDDING;

STAND VARIABLES;

FORESTRY; TIMBER;

BUNCHERS; ESTIMATION MODELS; FOREST OPERATION; GROUND BASED; HARVESTING SYSTEM; LOGGING; OBJECT-ORIENTED METHODOLOGY; TIMBER HARVESTING; TRAFFIC INTENSITY; VALIDATION;

CHAINS; EXTRACTION; HARVESTING; INTENSITY; MACHINERY; PATTERNS; PRODUCTION; TREES;

EID: 0037314167     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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