Mule logging in northern forests of iran: A study of productivity, cost and damage to Soil and seedlings

Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-75

  Ghaffariyan, Mohammad Reza ^a   Durston, Tom ^b   Sobhani, Hooshang ^c   Mohadjer, Mohammad Reza Marvi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Animal logging; Disturbed area; Load volume; Production; Soil compaction; Wood hauling model

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

ANIMAL LOGGING; DISTURBED AREA; LOAD-VOLUME; LOGGING SYSTEM; NORTHERN FORESTS; PREDICTION MODELLING; SOIL COMPACTION; TIME PREDICTIONS; WOOD HAULING MODEL; WORK ELEMENTS;

ANIMALS;

COMPACTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; MAMMAL; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SEEDLING;

ANIMALS; COMPACTION; FORESTS; LOGGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70649099305     PISSN: 18455719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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