Environmental impact assessment of different logging methods in pine forests thinning

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 429-436

  Marchi, Enrico ^a   Picchio, Rodolfo ^b   Spinelli, Raffaele ^c   Verani, Stefano ^d   Venanzi, Rachele ^b   Certini, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c CNR IVALSA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forest operation; Logging; Soil compaction; Tree damage; Winching; Yarder

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; TIMBER;

FOREST OPERATION; SOIL COMPACTION; TREE DAMAGE; WINCHING; YARDER;

REFORESTATION;

BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; LOGGING (TIMBER); PLANTATION FORESTRY; POROSITY; REGENERATION; SOIL PROFILE; THINNING;

COMPACTION; E I S; FORESTRY; LOGGING; SOIL; WINCHES;

ITALY;

EID: 84904282007     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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