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Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleInfluence of Hillside Gradient on Forest Road Cross Section Components in a Loamy Clay SoilAidin Parsakhoo, Seyed Ataollah Hosseini, Majid Lotfalian, Hamid JalilvandProblem statement: In this study to evaluate the effects of hillside gradient on forest road cross section components in a loamy clay soil the amount of cut and fill slopes gradient and length, road bed and earthwork width were taken on tangent sections in a lat talar forest roads of Iran. Approach: The objective of this study were: (i) to … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2009 · 6,987 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleFunctional Planning Criterion of Forest Road Network Systems According to Recent Forestry Development and Suggestion in TurkeyMurat Demir, Mesut HasdemirEnvironment of the conscious of puclic opinion is increase recent years. When making use of the forest ecosystem for various purposes, care must be taken not to spoil the forest structure. To achieve this, forests must be used according to forestry techniques. Forest roads planning standarts (slope, width, pavement, drainage etc.) are different in production forests, forestation, national park and … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2005 · 7,280 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleA Research on Forest Road Planning and Projecting by Inroads Software in Bolu Region of TurkeyMurat Demir, Tolga OzturkThe computer software and hardware is extensively and effectively used especially in many countries of the world for the solution of complex problems. The facilities offered by the computer technology is used to great extend in forestry also as in numerous other areas. With this purpose, this research includes a study of forest road construction activities in Turkey, basic principles … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 1, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2004 · 7,179 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleOff-road Vehicle-Induced Substrate Vibrations Are Associated with Strong Declines in Ectomycorrhizal Mushroom Fruiting in Forest EcosystemsLev ShestakovWe conducted a multi-year (2020-2024) control-impact field study in a pine forest of the Moscow Region to assess whether off-road vehicle activity affects the fruiting of two ecologically important ectomycorrhizal fungi, Boletus edulis and Suillus luteus. Substrate vibrations associated with vehicle passage were recorded and characterized by dominant energy in the low-frequency range. Over the study period, abundance in disturbed … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 26, Issue 2 · 23 May 2026 · 1,305 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleThe Impact of Road Opening on Vegetation Damage in the Bukit Barisan Forest Park Protected Forest in IndonesiaBudi Utomo, Bungaran Johanes Tambunan, Rizky Wahyudi et al.Road opening on the Medan-Berastagi alternative route will begin in 2023 with a track length of approximately 55.87 km. The aim of this study was to analyze land cover in forest areas and recommend plants around the opening of the Medan-Berastagi alternative route, Kutalimbaru District. Data processing and retrieval was carried out in November 2023-January 2024. Calculation of the 2018 … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 25, Issue 1 · 10 Feb 2025 · 4,013 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsGeographic Information System-Allocation Model for Forest Path: A Case Study in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve, MalaysiaI. Mohd Hasmadi, H. Z. Pakhriazad, F. S. MohamadProblem statement: Forest road planning requires a host of information, particularly the availability of spatial and non-spatial data. The requirement of a planning system or tools to gather, integrate and manipulate all data is essential. The ability of Geographic Information System (GIS) to integrate such massive information and develop a spatial model of earth features will lead to time and … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2010 · 8,014 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsSensitivity Analysis of an Optimal Access Road Location in HillyForest Area: A GIS ApproachMohd I. Hasmadi, J.C. TaylorThere are various models for establishing the efficient forest road allocation and evaluating optimum density of forest roads network for the transport of timber commodity. Most of them are based on the calculation of common timber transport costs and costs for forest roads. Today, forest road design from traditional method continues to be transformed by remote sensing technology and advancement … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 12 · 31 Dec 2008 · 7,609 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRandom Forest and Extreme Gradient Boosting with Bayesian Hyperparameter Optimization for Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Penang Island, MalaysiaDorothy Anak Martin Atok, Soo See Chai, Kok Luong Goh et al.Landslide susceptibility models often face challenges of overfitting and overestimation. This research focuses on improving the predictive capabilities of the Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) and Random Forest (RF) algorithms by applying Bayesian Hyperparameter Optimization (BayesOpt). Penang Island, a region in Malaysia prone to frequent landslides, was chosen as the study area. Ten Landslide Conditioning Factors (LCFs), including elevation, slope angle, … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 21, Issue 10 · 16 Dec 2025 · 3,103 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAlnus subcordata C.A.M. Cambium Cells Dynamics Along Transport Corridors in Hyrcanian ForestsAidin Parsakhoo, Hamid Jalilvand, Mehdi SheikhiProblem statement: In this study, we considered transport corridors and sampling aspects to be the major indicators of ecological effects on Alder (Alnus subcordata) cambium cells dynamics. Approach: Thus, 240 cores were taken from forest-facing and road-facing trunk of Alder trees along Amre, Neka and Darab Kola transport corridors in hyrcanian Forests of Iran. Results showed that the roads corridor … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2009 · 6,950 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Situation and Evaluation of Forest Harvesting Methods in TurkeyMurat Demir, Tolga OzturkThe present study summarize and evaluate major problems of timber harvesting in Turkey and the future principles and objectives have been defined. Timber harvesting in Turkey is still carried out by manual methods due to economical, social and environmental constraints. Almost 80% of harvesting activities are mechanized in many developed countries while this value is only 5% in Turkey. Overall … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2005 · 7,396 accessesView PDF Cite