A comprehensive analysis of time investment in skid trail planning for forest access [PDF]
PLoS ONEProperly planned skid trails form an important basis for sustainable timber production. They affect cost-effectiveness and the environmental impact of the harvesting process to a large extent.
Oliver Thees +2 more
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Effects of Ground-Based Skidding on Soil Physical Properties in Skid Trail Switchbacks [PDF]
Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering, 2019 Effective skid-trail design requires a solid understanding of vehicle-soil interactions, yet virtually no data exist on the effects of harvest traffic on soils in the switchback curves common in mountainous terrain.
Ahmad Solgi +4 more
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Determination of forest skid trail density in Caspian forests, Iran [PDF]
Journal of Forest Science, 2016 Calculation of Skid Trail Spacing (STS) is an important option to minimize the total costs of skidding. Construction of many skid trails increases the construction cost, it also results in more degradation on different levels in forests.
M. Lotfalian +4 more
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Assessment of ground-based skidding impacts on the horizontally rate and extent of soil disturbance along the margin of the skid trail [PDF]
Annals of Forest Science, 2016 Abstract Key messageSkidding operations significantly influenced soil physical properties up to a 2-m distance from the wheel ruts in a forest ecosystem. The most significant changes in soil properties were identified within a 0.5 m to 1 m transitional zone. AimsThe main purpose of this investigation was to determine how far into a forest stand changes
Ahmad Solgi +2 more
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Effects of tree-length timber skidding on soil compaction in the skid trail in Hyrcanian forests
Forest Systems, 2014 Aim of study: The study was conducted to examine impact of skidding traffic, trail slope, traffic frequency, and soil depth on the soil bulk density.Area of study: This study was carried out in the Kheyrud Forest in Hyrcanian forest, Iran.Material and ...
Meghdad Jourgholami +2 more
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Throughfall at an Abandoned Skid Trail in a Tropical Rain Forest in Peninsular Malaysia
Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly, 2018 Knowledge of throughfall at abandoned skid trails in tropical forests is extremely scarce. Thus, throughfall was measured using 120 storage rain gauges set on a skid trail left abandoned 41 years after forest harvesting in the Bukit Tarek Experimental ...
Zulkifli Yusop +2 more
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Forest Systems, 2020 Aim of the study: Quantify potential economic benefits of implementing computer-generated skid-trail networks over the traditional operator-designed skid-trail networks on steep terrain ground-based forest operations.
Marco Antonio Contreras +2 more
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Designing Skid-Trail Networks to Reduce Skidding Cost and Soil Disturbance for Ground-Based Timber Harvesting Operations [PDF]
Forest Science, 2016 Woodam Chung, Chung Woodam
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mulching for Reducing Soil Erosion in Skid Trail Switchbacks
Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering : Journal for Theory and Application of Forestry Engineering, 2022 Forest operations can lead to increased runoff and soil loss on roads and skid trails. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of two erosion control treatments applied to different segments of skid trails following six natural rainfall ...
A. Solgi +5 more
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Rehabilitation of a secondary network of forest traffic infrastructure (skid roads - skid trails) [PDF]
Glasnik Šumarskog Fakulteta: Univerzitet u Beogradu, 2015 Forest transport infrastructure is the key segment of rational forest resource management. One of its constituent and inseparable segments are skid roads and skid trails whose network density significantly exceeds the primary network, i.e. truck
Bajrić Muhamed, Sokolović Dževada
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