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Sustainable Forestry in the Tropics: Panacea or Folly? [PDF]
, 2003 The profitability of uncontrolled logging can be a significant obstacle to sustainable forest management, especially in the tropics. Rice et al. (1997) have argued that not only does traditional selective logging provide higher returns but also incurs ...
Pearce, David +2 more
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iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2016 Despite its low nutrient concentration, the high amount of biomass accumulated in the tree stem makes it an important nutrient sink. Hence, nutrient loss through timber removal at harvesting is a major cause of nutrient impoverishment at some forest ...
Fernández-Moya J +5 more
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Exposure to historical burn rates shapes the response of boreal caribou to timber harvesting
Ecosphere, 2019 Studying the response of wildlife to anthropogenic disturbances in light of their evolutionary history may help explain their capacity to adapt to novel ecological conditions.
Alexandre Lafontaine +5 more
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Harvesting systems for steep terrain in the Italian Alps: state of the art and future prospects [PDF]
, 2016 Steep slope forest operations in Central Europe and in particular in the Alps are strongly related to the adoption of the cable-based harvesting system, even if innovative ground-based harvesting system, even if innovative ground-based harvesting systems
Cavalli, Raffaele +2 more
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Journal of Biological Researches, 2012 This research examined the effect of Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) to residual stand damages in natural tropical forest,West Kalimantan. The effect of Reduced Impact Logging to residual stand were studied using the data of three plots with each size 100 m
Muhdi Muhdi
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Sustainable Timber Harvesting: Simulation Studies in the Tropical Rainforests of North Queensland [PDF]
, 1994 Although logging ceased in the tropical rainforests of north Queensland following their World Heritage Listing in 1988, they provide a good basis for simulation studies on sustainability of timber harvesting as reliable logging records, inventory and ...
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Discrete-Event Simulation of Ground-Based Timber Harvesting Operations
Forests, 2018 Operational studies are necessary to support production and management decisions of forest industries. A time study (TS) approach is widely used in timber harvesting operations to understand the performance of individual harvesting machines as well as ...
Ji She, W. Chung, David Kim
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IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2018 This article describes interaction between the tracks of the timber harvesting machine and the soil. It concerns the research of interaction of the elements of the ground contacting area of the tracks with the soil at curvilinear motion of the tracked ...
V. Klubnichkin +4 more
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SELECTIVE TIMBER HARVESTING AND WILD TURKEY REPRODUCTION IN WEST VIRGINIA
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1995 : Little is known about the effects of selective timber harvesting on eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris). The rate of selective timber harvesting (high‐grading) on private lands in West Virginia is expected to more than triple by the ...
David A. Swanson +4 more
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Inventory analysis of the timber industry in Ghana [PDF]
, 2010 Background, aim, and scope The timber sector, i.e., forestry and timber industry, plays an important role in the socioeconomic development of Ghana through timber products export.
Eshun, J.F., Leemans, R., Potting, J.
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