Effects of timber skidding on chemical characteristics of herbaceous cover, forest floor and topsoil on skidroad in an oak (Quercus petrea L.) forest

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 423-428

  Makineci, Ender ^a   Demir, Murat ^a   Comez, Aydin ^b   Yilmaz, Ersel ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Research Institute for Forest Soil and Ecology   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chemical; Forest floor; Harvesting impacts; Herbaceous cover; Skidding; Soil

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; SKIDDING; SOILS;

FOREST FLOOR; HARVESTING IMPACTS; HERBACEOUS COVER;

TIMBER;

BULK DENSITY; FORESTRY; SKIDDING;

EID: 44249096611     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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