Forest Road Construction

Forest Road Construction is a forest engineering process that comprises the planning, design, and execution of earthworks, drainage, structural works, and surfacing required to create stable and durable access routes within forested terrain for timber extraction, management, and protection operations in accordance with technical and environmental standards.

Publications

3.8K

Citations

253

Authors

114

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Forest Operations

Children

Access Network PlanningAggregate Base DesignCut BalanceEmbankment ConstructionFill BalanceLanding Location PlanningRoad AlignmentRoad CompactionRoad DecommissioningRoad Density Planning

Publications

Impact of clear-cutting and road construction on soil erosion by landslides in the western Cascade Range, Oregon

Frederick J. Swanson, C. T. Dyrness · Geology · 1975 · 264 citations

Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Geology +16

Function, effects, and management of forest roads

Ariel E. Lugo, Hermann Gucinski · Forest Ecology and Management · 2000 · 192 citations

Natural Resources, Forestry, Land-use Planning +12

Modern forestry vehicles and their impacts on soil physical properties

Rainer Horn, J. Vossbrink · Soil and Tillage Research · 2004 · 156 citations

Natural Resources, Forestry, Soil Sciences +13

Impacts of logging roads on tropical forests

Fritz Kleinschroth, John R. Healey · Biotropica · 2017 · 135 citations · Full text

Natural Resources, Land-use Planning, Ecosystem Management +16

Roads and the Environmental Degradation of Tropical Montane Forests

Kenneth R. Young · Conservation Biology · 1994 · 113 citations

Natural Resources, Ecology, Landscape Ecology +17

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Authors

253

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John Sessions
Oregon State University, United States
6 publications · 282 citations
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Selçuk Gümüş
Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye
4 publications · 138 citations
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Baris Majnounian
University of Tehran, Iran
3 publications · 131 citations
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Abdullah E. Akay
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Türkiye
3 publications · 139 citations
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Andrés Weintraub
University of Chile, Chile
3 publications · 232 citations
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Institutions

114

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Canadian Journal of Forest Research
5 publications · 196 citations
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Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
5 publications · 193 citations
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University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)
Repository · 5 publications · 93 citations
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Forests
4 publications · 194 citations
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Journal of Forest Engineering
4 publications · 89 citations
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