Physical soil properties and slope treatments effects on hydraulic excavator productivity for forest road construction

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1422-1428

  Parsakho, Aidin ^a   Hosseini, Seyed Ataollah ^a   Jalilvand, Hamid ^a   Lotfalian, Majid ^a  

^a University of Mazandaran Faculty of Natural Resources   (Iran)

Author keywords

Forest road; Grubbing time; Hydraulic excavator; Physical soil properties; Slope

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; IRAN; SOIL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; IRAN; SOIL; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 54049131780     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.1422.1428     Document Type: Article

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