Publications and references

Publications of interest

Estimating Aboveground Biomass in Dense Hyrcanian Forests by the Use of Sentinel-2 Data. By Fardin Moradi, Ali Asghar Darvishsefat, Manizheh Rajab Pourrahmati, Azade Deljouei and Stelian Alexandru Borz. Forests 202213(1), 104.
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/1/104  and  https://doi.org/10.3390/f13010104


Useful resources

Road design

Sessions John, C. Kevin Lyons. 2018. Harvesting elevation potential from mountain forests. International Journal of Forest Engineering. 29(3):192-198.

Mika Yoshida, Rin Sakurai, and Hideo Sakai. 2019. Forest road planning using precision geographic data under climate change. International Journal of Forest Engineering. 30(3):219-227

Construction, maintenance, use

Lyons, C. Kevin, and Day, Ken. 2009. Temporary logging roads surfaced with mulched wood, Western Journal of Applied Forestry, 24(3):124-127.

Svenson Gunnar, and Dag Fjeld. 2015 The impact of road geometry and surface roughness on fuel consumption of logging trucks. Scandinavian Journal of  Forest Research. 31(5):526-536.

Shetty, Mithun K.and Lyons, C. Kevin. 2006. An onboard load measuring device for off-highway log trucks. International Journal of Forest Engineering. 18(1):33-40.

Sakai, H. 2017. Challenges in road construction and timber harvesting in Japan. Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering 38(2):187-195

Tiţă G.C., Marcu M.V., Ignea G., Borz S.A. 2019. Near the forest road: Small changes in air temperature and relative humidity in mixed temperate forests. Transportation Research Part D - Transport and Environment. 74: 82-92.

Geosynthetics

Lyons, C. Kevin, andFannin, R. Jonathan. 2006. A comparison of two design methods for unpaved roads reinforced with geogrids. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 43:1389-1394.

Crossings

Lyons, C. Kevin,Lansdowne, Matthew, and Bennett, D. M. 2007. Load sharing in gravel decked log stringer bridges, International Journal of Forest Engineering, 19(1):41-49.

Lyons, C. Kevin, and Lansdowne, Matthew. 2006. Vertical stress in the gravel decking of log bridges. Western Journal of Applied Forestry. 21(2):61-67.

 

Logging-on
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Logging-on is an independent and unbiased distributer of forestry logging information. Logging-on is not affiliated to any supplier of equipment. It has the aim of getting new and relevant information to the user as quickly as possible. Logging information is often fragmented, in different formats and time consuming to source and then filter out useful information. Logging-on aims to short-cut this and places the useful information at the fingertips of the user. The user can then choose to investigate the information in even more detail if required.
Forest Engineering (logging) includes timber harvesting , tree processing, extraction and transport of forest logs and biomass. It also includes all forest road activities. Human aspects are very important as the work conditions need to be optimised to create a safe and productive working environment. The forest engineering part of the value chain normally has the highest cost. These high costs are incurred in a very short space of time, ranging from less than a day to a few months. Therefore, there is always the focus on information, methods and technologies that can reduce this cost sustainably. Logging-on attempts to provide some of the above to reduce these costs and also the time spent on searching for information.

Transportation Research Board (TRB) – Low-Volume Roads (Information Resource Center)
http://www.trb.org/AFB30/AFB30.aspx

This website provides a gateway to information and resources pertaining to all aspects of low-volume roads including planning, design, construction, safety, maintenance, operations, environmental, and social issues.

FPInnovations – Forest Operations:  Resource Roads
https://fpinnovations.ca/ResearchProgram/forest-operations/resource-roads/Pages/default.aspx


Conference Proceedings

  • Anonymous. 1975. Low-volume roads. Proceedings, First conference on low-volume roads, NRC-TRB and NRC-CLVR (sponsor).
  • Anonymous. 1979. Low-volume roads. Proceedings, Second international conference on low volume roads,VI, 341. Ames - IO, August 20-23, 1979. NRC-TRB (sponsor).
  • Anonymous. 1983. Low-volume roads. Proceedings, Third international conference on low-volume roads,IX, 378. Tempe - Ariz, July 24-28), 1983. NRC-TRB (sponsor). National Academy of sciences.
  • Anonymous. 1987. Low-Volume Roads. Proceedings, Fourth International Conference on Low-Volume Roads,2 vol. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, August 16-20, 1987. NRC-TRB (sponsor). National Research Council Transportation Research Board.
  • Anonymous. 1991. Low-Volume Roads. Proceedings, Fifth International Conference on Low-Volume Roads,2 vol. Raleigh, North Carolina, May 19-23, 1991. NRC-TRB (sponsor). Transportation Research Board.
  • Anonymous. 1999. Low-Volume Roads, planning, administration, and environment; design; materials, construction, and maintainance; operations and safety. Proceedings, Seventh International Conference on Low-Volume Roads,2 vols. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, May 23-26, 1999. NRC-TRB (sponsor). National Academy Press.
  • Anonymous. 2002. Low-Volume Roads. Proceedings, Eighth International Conference on Low-Volume Roads,2 vols. Reno, Nevada, June 22-25, 2003. NRC-TRB (sponsor). National Academy Press.
  • ECK, R.W. 1995. Assessing worldwide low-volume roads: problems, needs, and impacts. Proceedings, 28. Washington, D.C., NRC-TRB (sponsor). Transportation Research Board National Research Council.
  • GLENNON, J.C. 1979. Design and traffic control guidelines for low-volume rural roads. Washington. 41 p.
  • KASSABIAN, N. 1986. Low-volume rural roads. Washington, D. C.: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council. IV, 56 pp.