Soil disturbance following four wheel rubber skidder logging on the steep trail in the north mountainous forest of Iran

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 165-169

  Najafi, Akbar ^a   Solgi, Ahmad ^a   Sadeghi, Seyed Hamidreza ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iranian forest; Litter mass; Skid trail slope; Soil compaction; Soil disturbance; Soil wetness

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; FLOORS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); POROSITY; RUBBER; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WHEELS;

IRANIAN FOREST; LITTER MASS; SKID TRAIL SLOPE; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL DISTURBANCE; SOIL WETNESS;

SKIDDING;

COMPACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FLOOR; MONTANE FOREST; POROSITY; SOIL PROPERTY; TIMBER HARVESTING; WATER CONTENT;

COMPACTION; FORESTS; HARVESTING; IRAN; LOGGING; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOUNTAINS; POROSITY; SKIDDERS; SKIDDING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS; WHEELS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 60449088249     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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