Soil compaction effects of forwarding and its relationship with 6- and 8-wheel drive machines

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 46-52

  Seixas, Fernando ^a   Mcdonald, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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