Forest soils can suffer from various threats, some of which are human induced. Although
mechanized harvesting allows for high productivity, it may also seriously damage forest …

Traditional approaches aiming at protecting surface waters from the negative impacts of
forestry often focus on retaining fixed width buffer zones around waterways. While this …

Soil productivity is essential to the sustained production of forest ecosystem goods and
services. Timber harvests may lead to negative ecological impacts to the soil environment …

This study was conducted in a humid tropical forest located in Brazil within the Amazon
Basin on a heavy clay Ferralsol 24 and 30 years after logging to evaluate the recovery …

This study aims to determine the impact of forest harvesting machinery on the temporarily
moist soil of spruce forests (Picea abies Karst.) during the summer. For research purposes …

Sažetak Forest biomass from timber harvesting residues is often used during mechanized
forest operations to improve trafficability of strip roads (machine operating trails). In …

Water quality best management practices (BMPs) developed for conventional forest harvests
may be adequate for biomass harvests, yet quantitative data is lacking. This study compared …

Poplar plantations have been widely practiced in the coastal area of the Caspian Sea in
northern Iran. In this research, soil compaction following logging operations carried out by …

Intense mechanization during forest harvesting and timber extraction degrades soil structure
and affects pore functioning, but no studies have clearly distinguished the response of …

We quantified the effectiveness of different soil protective mat compositions (brush, sawdust,
combination of brush and sawdust) and densities (light density of 10 kg m− 2 and heavy …