Importance of logging technologies for economic effectiveness of tending Norway spruce stands

P. Zehnálek, J. Remeš and K. Pulkrab
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P. Zehnálek: Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
J. Remeš: Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
K. Pulkrab: Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Journal of Forest Science, 2011, vol. 57, issue 4, 178-184

Abstract: This article examines the impact of modern harvesting and hauling technologies on the economic effectiveness of tending Norway spruce stands. The analysis of more than 70 tending treatments showed how fundamental the choice of technology is with respect to the impact of tending treatments. The introduction of harvesters and forwarders, compared with traditional technologies, conclusively demonstrated a higher gross profit per unit area (CZK.ha-1) as well as per unit volume of harvested timber (CZK.m-3). In addition, the paper demonstrated economic effectiveness even in the first thinning operations in relatively young stands (30 years old)

Keywords: economic effectiveness; harvesting technologies; spruce stands; stand tending (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.17221/113/2010-JFS

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