Forest harvesting activities can cause soil damage and disturbance through soil compaction,
rut formation and soil mixing. These affect the soil structure and functions and forest …

Soil disturbance and compaction are inherent in ground-based harvesting operations.
These changes are affected by numerous factors, related mainly to the technical parameters …

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 …

Soil surface is directly affected by heavy traffic of machinery during harvesting operations.
Machine traffic often causes damage to forest soil which is visible on the surface (ruts) and …

he use of skidding machinery in logging operations causes destructive effects especially on
soil but has many advantages such as extracting long and heavy logs, optimum use of …

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

Sažetak Extracting logs from stump to landings causes extensive damages to forest stand
and soil. In this research two parcels adjacent to each other were selected in order to assess …

The objective of this research was to assess the effect of skidding machinery on soil physical
and micromorphological properties. The different positions (control or non-traffic areas, left …

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 …

Ground bearing capacity has become a relevant concept for site-specific management that
aims to protect soil from the compaction and the rutting produced by the indiscriminate use …