Improved winching technique to reduce logging damage

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-86

  Picchio, Rodolfo ^a   Magagnotti, Natascia ^b   Sirna, Alessandro ^a   Spinelli, Raffaele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b CNR IVALSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forestry; Harvesting; Impact; Productivity; Technology

Indexed keywords

FOREST OPERATION; IMPACT; LOGGING DAMAGE; OPERATOR WORKLOAD; RESIDUAL STAND DAMAGE; RESIDUAL STANDS; SMALL SCALE; STAND DAMAGE; WORK PRODUCTIVITY; WOUNDED TREES;

ERGONOMICS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY; WINCHES;

REFORESTATION;

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); REGENERATION; SAPLING; STAND DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; TREE;

FORESTS; HARVESTING; HUMAN FACTORS; PRODUCTIVITY; REFORESTATION; WINCHES;

EID: 84864058277     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.06.037     Document Type: Article

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