Wood waste during full‐length and cut‐to‐length harvesting systems in caspian forests

Keivan Behjou, Farshad; Ramezani, Mahdi; Zandi Esfahan, Ehsan; Eftekhari, Alireza

International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

EISSN: 2313-3724

Print ISSN:2313-626X

Volume 3, Issue 8 (August 2016), Pages: 52-56

Title: Wood waste during full‐length and cut‐to‐length harvesting systems in caspian forests

Authors: Farshad Keivan Behjou ^1,*, Mahdi Ramezani ², Ehsan Zandi Esfahan ³, Alireza Eftekhari ³

Affiliation(s):

¹Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
²Department of Environmental Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
³Rangeland Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

http://dx.doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2016.08.009

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Abstract:

A field-based study was performed to examine wood waste associated with full-length and cut to length harvesting systems in Caspian forests of Iran. Damaged logs were recorded with additional information obtained for the location, dimensions, and type of damage. The data were analyzed statistically to determine significant differences of damages during logging process. The results indicated that cut to length harvesting systems caused more volume loss to logs than full-length harvesting systems; also bucking resulted in significantly more volume loss when compared to skidding, decking, and loading operations. Study showed that the process of skidding, decking, and loading of logs has very little impact on damage levels. Volume losses of damaged logs were not sensitive to tree species and log size.

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Keywords: Wood waste, Forest operations, Full-length harvesting, Cut-to-length harvesting, Caspian hardwood forests

Article History: Received 9 May 2016, Received in revised form 5 August 2016, Accepted 16 August 2016

Digital Object Identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2016.08.009

Citation:

Keivan Behjou F, Ramezani M, Zandi Esfahan E, and Eftekhari A (2016). Wood waste during full‐length and cut‐to‐length harvesting systems in caspian forests. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 3(8): 52-56

http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS/V3I8/Behjou.html

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