Ecological as well as economical consequences of mechanized harvesting procedures are
of great importance in forestry, not only because of an intense increase in machine mass …

“Close-to-nature forest stands” are one central key in the project “Future oriented Forest
Management” financially supported by the German Ministry for Science and Research …

A study of labour productivity was conducted in fully mechanised harvesting technologies.
The study revealed that the productivity of harvesters was particularly affected by the …

Soil properties can be affected by heavy equipment used for skidding but these impacts vary
greatly with site conditions and operational practices. We assessed the effects of ground …

Mechanized harvesting procedures for typical forest vehicles were analysed to examine soil
stresses and displacements occurring in soil profiles and to reveal changes in physical …

Machine traffic during wood harvesting causes damage to forest soils. Whereas increased
soil damage has been associated with increased traffic frequency and soil water content, the …

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 …

In this study, a South African pine sawtimber mechanized cut-to-length harvesting operation
was analyzed with the objective of modelling productivity development learning curves of …

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 …

Das Buch untersucht die Auswirkungen von Änderungen der Waldbewirtschaftung, derzeit
vorwiegend von nadelbaumdominierten Reinbeständen in strukturierte Mischwälder …