The effect of timber harvesting guidelines on felling and skidding productivity in Northern Minnesota

Forest Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 393-407

  Goychuk, Denys ^a   Kilgore, Michael A ^a   Blinn, Charles R ^a   Coggins, Jay ^a   Kolka, Randall K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Global positioning system (GPS) recorders; Regression; Timber harvesting productivity

Indexed keywords

AESTHETIC ATTRIBUTES; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CONIFER STANDS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ERROR TERMS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FOREST HEALTH; FOREST RESOURCES; GEO-SPATIAL; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAY-OUT; LOGGING BUSINESS; MINIMAL EFFECTS; MINNESOTA; PER UNIT; POSTHARVEST; REGRESSION; REGRESSION MODEL; SEEMINGLY UNRELATED REGRESSION; SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION; SITE MAP; SKID TRAILS; SKIDDING PRODUCTIVITY; SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS; TIMBER HARVESTING; TIMBER VOLUME;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HARVESTING; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; SKIDDING;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

AIR CRAFT; ECONOMICS; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEPARATION; SKIDDING;

EID: 84862659501     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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