IMPACTS OF FELLING AND SKIDDING OPERATIONS AT EL SALTO, DURANGO

Authors

  • Juan Abel Nájera Luna Programa de Doctorado. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
  • Oscar Alberto Aguirre Calderón Facultad de Ciencias Forestales. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
  • Eduardo Javier Treviño Garza Facultad de Ciencias Forestales. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
  • Javier Jiménez Pérez Facultad de Ciencias Forestales. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
  • Enrique Jurado Ybarra Facultad de Ciencias Forestales. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
  • José Javier Corral Rivas Facultad de Ciencias Forestales. Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango
  • Benedicto Vargas Larreta Instituto Tecnológico de El Salto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v3i10.524

Keywords:

Forest supply, logging, natural forest, damage to residual trees, soil disturbance, environmental impacts

Abstract

Quantification of environmental impacts of felling and skidding on residual trees and forest soil in El Salto, Durango, forest region by monitoring these operations on 320 felled and skidded commercial trees, was carried out in the El Brillante, La Campana, San Pablo and La Victoria Ejidos. Direct visual effects on stem and crown of residual trees were registered. In order to assess soil disturbances, 1,182 check points throughout the logging study areas were established. In order to determine the volume of soil removed by skidding, measurements of 50 tracks of skid trails in each ejido were recorded too. Results showed that felling effectiveness is 80%, and has the greatest impacts to residual trees. Estimates showed damage upon 3.5 of the remaining trees by each felled tree; pine species were the most damaged, amounting up to 42% of the total. It was also estimated that moderate to strong disturbances are present in 24% of the logging areas and for each cubic meter of skidded wood, 0.481 m3 of soil and organic matter are removed.

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Published

2019-03-06

How to Cite

Nájera Luna Juan Abel, Aguirre Calderón Oscar Alberto, Treviño Garza Eduardo Javier, Jiménez Pérez Javier, Enrique Jurado Ybarra, Corral Rivas José Javier, and Benedicto Vargas Larreta. 2019. “IMPACTS OF FELLING AND SKIDDING OPERATIONS AT EL SALTO, DURANGO”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Forestales 3 (10). México, ME:51-64. https://doi.org/10.29298/rmcf.v3i10.524.

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 10 (2012)

Section

Scientific article

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