Abstract Purpose of Review Ground-based mechanized forest operations can cause severe
soil disturbances that are often long lasting and detrimental to the health of forested …

The 'road-effect zone'is a concept developed to describe the impact of road construction on
the surrounding area. Although many aspects of the road-effect zone have been …

Harvest traffic with heavy equipment causes damage to forest soils. Whereas increased soil
damage has been reported with increasing harvest equipment traffic and on increasing …

Core Ideas Forest operations may cause severe soil disturbances. Soil impacts are usually
assessed by time consuming methods. Our study investigated the use of a portable laser …

Increasingly mechanized timber harvesting and the repeated use of skid trail networks may
affect ground vegetation differently at subsequent stages in the forest rotation. At a fine …

An extensive field trial was set up to examine the influence of traffic intensity (5, 10, and 15
skidding cycles)(ie pass back and forth on the skid trail) and skid trail slope (0-10, 10-20 …

Sažetak 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 …

Despite broad recognition that forest machinery access systems impact plant diversity,
previous studies have largely focused on skid trails. As a consequence, how tractor trails …

Water erosion causes severe soil damage in northern forests of Iran which is associated with
different rut depths in skid trails. The aim of this study was to assess rutting and soil …

The current study compared disturbances caused by two types of log-skidding machines,
namely a rubber-tired skidder and a crawler tractor, on clay loam soil in forest. An extensive …