Influences of varying stand harvest methods on timber harvesting costs in southwestern Virginia hardwoods

A method was developed for estimating costs of harvesting operations in the hardwood stands of the Appalachian region of southwestern Virginia. The method was then tested on one logging operation to estimate the cost of harvesting a group selection tract as compared to a clearcut. Eight loggers were...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bell, Robert D.
Other Authors: Forestry
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43079
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06102012-040431/