Abstract Purpose of Review Ground-based mechanized forest operations can cause severe
soil disturbances that are often long lasting and detrimental to the health of forested …

Thinning, a major measure of forest management, is known to alter carbon sequestration by
affecting the forest microclimate and soil environmental conditions. However, how thinning …

Commercial eucalyptus forestry has significantly increased in the last decades to supply the
growing demand for forest goods (pulp, paper, sawmill, by-product industries, and biomass …

Defining a suitable soil tillage option that provides adequate soil physical conditions for
optimum cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) productivity has not been adequately …

Ecological and hydrological impacts are expected when watersheds are under commercial
eucalyptus. In this study we evaluated event-based hydrology and sedimentation in paired …

Hostipastoral systems in small farming units that integrate horticulture crops, as main cash
crop, with sheep/cattle raising on cultivated forage, in Uruguay, present physical restrains to …

Soil fertility in forestry systems has usually been constrained to soil nutrients, with little
attention to soil morphological attributes and physical properties. Our hypothesis was that …

Environmental monitoring of small, rural watersheds was one of the components of the
Natural Resources Management and Rural Poverty Alleviation Program (RS-Rural) in …

Land use change in the Southern Grasslands biome with the introduction of exotic, fast-
growing forest species is a controversial topic, because of the potential effect on water and …

Soil compaction is a worldwide problem in agricultural areas, and it is important to define
soil properties and reference values that allow knowledge of the compaction level for …