Effects of forwarder tyre pressure on rut formation and soil compaction

Silva Fennica Monographs

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 549-557

  Eliasson, Lars ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cone penetrometer; Final felling; Soil density; Till soil

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; HARVESTING; SOILS;

CONE PENETROMETER; FINAL FELLING; SOIL DENSITY; TILL SOIL;

FORESTRY;

COMPACTION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MACHINERY; SOIL PROPERTY;

COMPACTION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SOIL;

EID: 29844438489     PISSN: 14577356     EISSN: 14577356     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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