Study of Forest Road Effect on Tree Community and Stand Structure in Three Italian and Iranian Temperate Forests

• Published in: Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 57 - 70
• Main Authors: Picchio, Rodolfo, Tavankar, Farzam, Venanzi, Rachele, Monaco, Angela Lo, Nikooy, Mehrdad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sveuciliste U Zagrebu 01.01.2018; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Forestry
• Subjects: Forest dynamics; Forest roads; Forestry research; Iran; Italy

Roads are built in forests for two main reasons, but always in function of management of forest ecosystems, and these reasons are to provide access to the forest area for transportation mobility and wood extraction. This creates a relatively even network in the forest. This topic has received much a...