Ground skidding and harvested stand attributes in Appalachian hardwood stands in West Virginia

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 59-63

  Egan, Andrew F ^a   Baumgras, John E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SKIDDING;

CYCLE TIME;

HARDWOODS;

HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; SKIDDING; TREES;

EID: 0141889858     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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