Assessing the effects of initial soil characteristics, machine mass and traffic intensity on forest soil compaction

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1664-1676

  Ampoorter, E ^a   Van Nevel, L ^a   De Vos, B ^b   Hermy, M ^c   Verheyen, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Micro topography; Penetration resistance; Soil carbon dioxide

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CLAY SOIL; COMPACTION DEGREE; FIELD TRIAL; FOREST SOILS; FOREST STAND; HIGH WATER CONTENT; MECHANIZED HARVESTING; MICRO-TOPOGRAPHY; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; PENETRATION RESISTANCE; PENETRATION RESISTANCES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SILT LOAM; SKID TRAILS; SOIL CARBON DIOXIDE; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL CO; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL TEXTURES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TRAFFIC INTENSITY; WHEEL TRACK;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLAY; COMPACTION; FORESTRY; SILT; SKIDDING; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEXTURES; TOPOGRAPHY; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WHEELS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BULK DENSITY; CLAY SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOREST SOIL; HARVESTING; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SILTY LOAM; SOIL CARBON; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; STAND STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

BULK DENSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLAY; COMPACTION; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PENETRATION; SILT; SKIDDING; SOIL; TEXTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; WHEELS;

EID: 77957302401     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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