Detrimental Effects of Wet Weather Logging

Authors: Moehring, David M.; Rawls, Ike W.

Source: Journal of Forestry, Volume 68, Number 3, 1 March 1970 , pp. 166-167(2)

Publisher: Society of American Foresters

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Abstract:

Diameter growth of loblolly pine on imperfectly drained silt loam soils in Arkansas was reduced by wet-weather logging in which traffic passed along three or four sides of the tree. Dry-weather logging did not affect growth. Traffic in wet weather increased the soil's bulk density and decreased total and macropore space.

Document Type: Journal article

Affiliations: 1: Superintendent, Timber Management Lab., Southern Forest Exp. Sta., Forest Serv., U.S. Dep. Agr., Crossett, Ark., Now, Retired

Publication date: 1970-03-01

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