Productivity and cost of manual felling and cable skidding in central Appalachian hardwood forests

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 45-51

  Wang, Jingxin ^a   Long, Charlie ^a   McNeel, Joe ^a   Baumgras, John ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABLE SKIDDING; CHAINSAWS; RESIDUAL STAND DAMAGE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

COST EFFECTIVENESS; FELLING; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 11844274724     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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