Harvesting Operations in the Tropics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sessions, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Tropical Forestry,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Forestry.; Forestry management.; Forest products.; Environmental management.; Life Sciences.; Forestry Management.; Wood Science & Technology.; Environmental Management.

The book brings together information on harvest methods, system productivity, and methods for conducting safe, efficient, and environmentally acceptable operations in tropical forests. It highlights the challenges of harvest operations in the tropics, includes techniques that have been shown to be s...

Table of Contents:

• Planning
• Organization, Administration, and Labor Productivity
• Felling
• Animal Skidding
• Ground-Based Mechanized Skidding and Forwarding
• Cable and Helicopter Yarding Systems
• Loading
• Transport
• Appropriate Harvesting Technology
• Concluding Comments.