Applicability of international harvesting equipment productivity studies in maine, USA: A literature review

Forests

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 898-921

  Hiesl, Patrick ^a   Benjamin, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Feller buncher; Forwarder; Grapple skidder; Harvester; Logging; Mechanized harvest; Operator effect

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION; FELLER-BUNCHER; FORWARDER; GRAPPLE SKIDDER; MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES; OPERATOR EFFECT; PRODUCTIVITY EQUATION;

HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); POPULATION STATISTICS; PRODUCTIVITY;

EQUIPMENT;

EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888773296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f4040898     Document Type: Review

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