The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of skidding operations on the
physical and chemical properties of soil as well as root and height growth of maple …

Several studies investigated soil disturbances caused on skid trails by forest logging.
However, there is still a lack of knowledge about the severity and the distance of …

Wood extraction by heavy machinery has always been associated with soil disturbance in
mountain forests, and the degree of soil degradation is influenced by several factors …

Sažetak Skidding by means of heavy forestry machinery can affect soil physical properties.
We assessed the effects of ground based skidding on soil bulk density and total porosity …

Skidding operations affect soil physical properties, which may impact soil sustainability and
forest productivity. While the relationship among harvest machine traffic, slope gradients …

Sažetak Skidding operations induce changes in soil physical properties, which have the
potential to impact soil sustainability and forest productivity. Our objective was to investigate …

Key message Skidding 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 …

Increased soil compaction following harvest traffic is an inroad for adverse changes in soil
biological properties and processes, soil microbial activity, bacterial communities, and …

The effects of traffic frequency and skid trail slope on dry bulk density, litter mass and rutting
are examined. Treatments included a combination of four different traffic frequencies (3, 7 …

Skidding operations induce considerable and wide spread soil disturbance. It is unclear how
much additional damage is caused by increased soil moisture content at the time of …