Long-term harvesting effects on skid road in a fir (Abies bornmulleriana Mattf.) plantation forest

Building and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1538-1543

  Makineci, Ender ^a   Demir, Murat ^a   Yilmaz, Ersel ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Forest floor; Harvesting; Herbaceous understory; Skid road; Soil

Indexed keywords

CLAY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE; POROSITY; SAND; SILT; TIMBER;

FOREST FLOOR; HERBACEOUS UNDERSTORY; LONG-TERM TIMBER HARVESTING; SKID ROAD;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

CLAY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MOISTURE; POROSITY; SAND; SILT; TIMBER;

FOREST FLOOR; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL; TIMBER HARVESTING; UNDERSTORY;

ABIES; CLAY; FORESTS; MOISTURE; POROSITY; RESISTIVITY; ROADS; SAND; SILT;

ABIES;

EID: 33751162625     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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