Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2013, 61(6), 1715-1723 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201361061715

Ecological criterion effect on the forest road network longitudinal gradient

Petr Hrůza
Department of Landscape Management, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The specific way in which a forest road is designed affects the management in the forest environment and timber transport. The aim of this study was to find out whether an inclusion of the ecological criterion in the forest road design will change the parameter of the longitudinal gradient of forest hauling roads and whether these changes will have an effect on the accessibility of forest stands by timber hauling machinery. The possible changes in the longitudinal gradient can also affect the technology of forest road surfacing and the selection of the appropriate surface type. We can state that an inclusion of the ecological criterion in the forest road network design will bring statistically significant changes in longitudinal gradients of forest hauling roads. The mean longitudinal gradient of the current forest road network is 2.82 % and the mean longitudinal gradient of the forest road network designed with inclusion of the ecological criterion is 4.82 %. The results show statistically significant changes in the longitudinal parameters of forest hauling roads. However, it will not bring a need for a change in construction technology, and will not affect the accessibility of forest stands by timber hauling machinery.

Keywords: forest road, longitudinal gradient, ecological criterion, forest accessibility

Received: June 16, 2013; Published: November 24, 2013  Show citation

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Hrůza, P. (2013). Ecological criterion effect on the forest road network longitudinal gradient. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 61(6), 1715-1723. doi: 10.11118/actaun201361061715
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