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https://doi.org/10.5552/crojfe.2021.875
Logging Mats and Logging Residue as Ground Protection during Forwarder Traffic along Till Hillslopes
Eva Ring
; 8Skogforsk, The Forestry Research Institute of Sweden Dag Hammarskjölds Väg 36A SE-751 83, Uppsala SWEDEN
Mikael Andersson
; Skogforsk, The Forestry Research Institute of Sweden TOMTERNA 1 SE-918 21, Sävar SWEDEN
Linnea Hansson
; Skogforsk, The Forestry Research Institute of Sweden Dag Hammarskjölds Väg 36A SE-751 83, Uppsala SWEDEN
Gunnar Jansson
; Skogforsk, The Forestry Research Institute of Sweden Dag Hammarskjölds Väg 36A SE-751 83, Uppsala SWEDEN
Lars Högbom
; Skogforsk, The Forestry Research Institute of Sweden Dag Hammarskjölds Väg 36A SE-751 83, Uppsala SWEDEN
Sažetak
Forest soils in Northern Europe are generally trafficked by forest machinery on several occasions during a forest rotation. This may create ruts (wheel tracks), which could increase sediment transport to nearby surface water, reduce recreational value, and affect tree growth. It is therefore important to reduce soil disturbance during off-road forest transportation. In this study, rut depth was measured following forwarder traffic on study plots located along four harvested till hillslopes in Northern Sweden with drier soil conditions uphill and wet conditions downhill. The treatments included driving 1) using no ground protection, 2) on logging residue (on average, 38–50 kg m–2) and 3) on logging mats measuring 5×1×0.2 m. The hillslopes contain areas with a high content of boulders, stones, and gravel as well as areas with a significant content of silt. Six passes with a laden forwarder with four bogie tracks were performed. On the plots with ground protection, the application of logging residue and the application and removal of logging mats necessitated additional passes. Rut depth was measured using two methods: 1) as the difference in elevation between the interpolated original soil surface and the surface of the rut using GNSS positioning (Global Navigation Satellite Systems), and 2) manually with a folding rule from an aluminium profile, placed across the rut, to the bottom of the rut. The two methods generally gave similar results. Driving without ground protection in the upper part of the hillslopes generated ruts with depths <0.2 m. Here, the rut depth was probably modified by the high content of boulders and stones in the upper soil and drier soil conditions. In the lower part of the hillslopes, the mean rut depth ranged from 0.21 to 0.34 m. With a few exceptions, driving on logging residue or logging mats prevented exposure of mineral soil along the entire hillslope. Soil disturbance can thus be reduced by acknowledging the onsite variability in ground conditions and considering the need for ground protection when planning forest operations.
Ključne riječi
boreal, brush mat, clearcutting, moraine, rutting, soil
Hrčak ID:
262257
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Datum izdavanja:
1.6.2021.
Posjeta: 596 *