Reduced ground disturbance during mechanized forest harvesting on sensitive forest soils in the UK

Forestry

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 345-361

  Wood, M J ^a,c   Carling, P A ^a   Moffat, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST SOIL; HARVESTING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SILVICULTURE; SOIL STRENGTH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038115248     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/76.3.345     Document Type: Article

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