Machinery-induced soil compaction in thinning two pine stands in central Italy

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 285, Issue , 2012, Pages 38-43

  Picchio, Rodolfo ^a   Neri, Francesco ^b   Petrini, Enrico ^a   Verani, Stefano ^c   Marchi, Enrico ^b   Certini, Giacomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest management; Mechanisation; Pine; Soil compaction; Thinning

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BULK DENSITY; CENTRAL ITALY; DIFFERENT MASS; FOREST PRODUCTIVITY; HEAVY MACHINERY; LOGGING AREAS; MECHANISATION; PENETRATION RESISTANCE OF SOIL; PINE; PINE FOREST; PINE STAND; SHEAR RESISTANCES; SKID TRAILS; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; THINNING; TOTAL POROSITY;

MACHINERY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; MACHINERY; PENETRATION; PHYTOMASS; POROSITY; SOIL QUALITY; THINNING;

BIOMASS; COMPACTION; HARVESTERS; ITALY; LOGGING; MACHINERY; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PINUS; SOIL; THINNING;

ITALY;

EID: 84865779995     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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