Book ID: 92379
Session, J. (ed.)
Harvesting Operations in the Tropics. 2007. (Tropical Forestry). 82 illlustr. XIV, 170 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
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 beenshown to be successful, and discusses newer technologies. Covers harvest systems from planning for felling to log transport from theforest, and concludes with considerations in selecting the appropriateharvesting technology.