Milder winters and extended wetter periods in spring and autumn limit the amount of time
available for carrying out ground-based forest operations on soils with satisfactory bearing …

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

Reliable and accurate soil moisture maps are needed to minimise the risk of soil disturbance
during logging operations. Depth-to-water (DTW) maps extracted from digital elevation …

Scientific research on reduced-impact logging has been addressed to develop effective
approaches and methodologies to limit soil disturbance caused by forest operations. In …

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

Abstract Information on terrain conditions is a prerequisite for planning environmentally and
economically sustainable forest harvesting operations that avoid negative impact on soils …

Rutting is the main type of deep soil disturbance caused by clear-felling operations. Here,
we evaluated basic soil physical properties in ruts at various soil depths after the passage of …

Spatiotemporal modeling is an innovative way of predicting soil moisture and has promising
applications that support sustainable forest operations. One such application is the …

The preservation of the functionality of forest soil is a key aspect in planning mechanized
harvesting operations. Therefore, knowledge and information about stand and soil …

In ground-based harvesting, machine traffic can cause soil physical disturbances including
excessive compaction, the displacement of the soil surface and topsoil, and rutting. These …