Felling and skidding damage to residual trees following selection cutting in Caspian forests of Iran

Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 196-203

  Tavankar, F ^a   Majnounian, B ^b   Bonyad, A E ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bole injury; Logging; Skidder; Tree damage; Uneven aged stand

Indexed keywords

LOGGING (FORESTRY); SKIDDING;

BOLE INJURY; CUTTING OPERATIONS; LOGGING DAMAGE; LOGGING OPERATIONS; SELECTION CUTTING; SKIDDER; TREE DAMAGE; UNEVEN-AGED STANDS;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INJURY; SELECTIVE LOGGING; STAND DYNAMICS;

CHAIN SAWS; CUTTING; FELLING; FORESTRY; IRAN; SAMPLING; SKIDDERS;

CASPIAN COAST [IRAN]; IRAN;

EID: 84879942708     PISSN: 12124834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/53/2012-jfs     Document Type: Article

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