Forest harvesting operations with heavy machinery can lead to significant soil rutting. Risks
of rutting depend on the soil bearing capacity which has considerable spatial and temporal …

Abstract Purpose of Review Mechanized logging operations with ground-based equipment
commonly represent European production forestry but are well-known to potentially cause …

Vegetation is known to have strong influence on evapotranspiration (ET), a major
component of terrestrial water balance. Yet hydrological models often describe ET by …

Soil rutting caused by forest operations has negative economic and ecological effects and
thus limits for rutting are set by forest laws and sustainability criteria. Extensive data on rut …

The utilization of detailed digital terrain models entails an enhanced basis for supporting
sustainable forest management, including the reduction of soil impacts through predictions …

The aim of the present study was to establish the effect of management type and of
environmental variables on the structure, abundance and species richness of soil mites …

The effectiveness of generating virtual transects on unmanned aerial vehicle-derived
orthomosaics was evaluated in estimating the extent of soil disturbance by severity class …

Factors affecting soil disturbance caused by harvester and forwarder were studied on mid-
grained soils in Finland. Sample plots were harvested using a one-grip harvester. The …

Predictive factors for forwarder rut formation were studied on fine-grained mineral soils. The
study was carried out in southern Finland in mid-May, when the soil water contents were …

Timber harvesting operations using heavy forest machinery frequently results in severe soil
compaction and displacement, threatening sustainable forest management. An accurate …