Erosion processes initialized by use of heavy equipment in mountain forests of the Wilczy Potok catchment, Silesian Beskids
Forest stand decomposition of the Silesian Beskids which is followed by the tree cutting has been observed since the beginning of the 21st century. Changes in forest management due to the introduction of heavy machines for forest work mainly for skidding have been observed in the Silesian Beskids fo...
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| author | Łukasik Włodzimierz Kubiesa Piotr Staszewski Tomasz |
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| description | Forest stand decomposition of the Silesian Beskids which is followed by the tree cutting has been observed since the beginning of the 21st century. Changes in forest management due to the introduction of heavy machines for forest work mainly for skidding have been observed in the Silesian Beskids for the last decade. The paper presents results of a three-year investigation of erosion gullies forming in mountain forest after the skidding performed with use of heavy equipment. In the Wilczy Potok catchment comprising an area of above 100 ha 40 gullies were identified. The measurement of the length and depth of gullies showed that the total volume of soil and rock material removed from the catchment area due to erosion accelerated by skidding exceeded 9 000 m3. The year erosion rate for deep gullies was found to be 10%. The presented results show that necessary protective actions and preventive measures should be taken to mitigate the soil degradation processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-351205d98e5e47cfa8efcf1a1533eba82023-12-02T06:57:00ZengPolish Academy of SciencesArchives of Environmental Protection2083-48102016-03-01421808610.1515/aep-2016-0010aep-2016-0010Erosion processes initialized by use of heavy equipment in mountain forests of the Wilczy Potok catchment, Silesian BeskidsŁukasik Włodzimierz0Kubiesa Piotr1Staszewski Tomasz2Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, PolandInstitute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, PolandInstitute for Ecology of Industrial Areas, PolandForest stand decomposition of the Silesian Beskids which is followed by the tree cutting has been observed since the beginning of the 21st century. Changes in forest management due to the introduction of heavy machines for forest work mainly for skidding have been observed in the Silesian Beskids for the last decade. The paper presents results of a three-year investigation of erosion gullies forming in mountain forest after the skidding performed with use of heavy equipment. In the Wilczy Potok catchment comprising an area of above 100 ha 40 gullies were identified. The measurement of the length and depth of gullies showed that the total volume of soil and rock material removed from the catchment area due to erosion accelerated by skidding exceeded 9 000 m3. The year erosion rate for deep gullies was found to be 10%. The presented results show that necessary protective actions and preventive measures should be taken to mitigate the soil degradation processes.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/aep.2016.42.issue-1/aep-2016-0010/aep-2016-0010.xml?format=INTmountain forestskiddingsoil erosionerosion gulliesforest management |
| spellingShingle | Łukasik Włodzimierz Kubiesa Piotr Staszewski Tomasz Erosion processes initialized by use of heavy equipment in mountain forests of the Wilczy Potok catchment, Silesian Beskids Archives of Environmental Protection mountain forest skidding soil erosion erosion gullies forest management |
| title | Erosion processes initialized by use of heavy equipment in mountain forests of the Wilczy Potok catchment, Silesian Beskids |
| title_full | Erosion processes initialized by use of heavy equipment in mountain forests of the Wilczy Potok catchment, Silesian Beskids |
| title_fullStr | Erosion processes initialized by use of heavy equipment in mountain forests of the Wilczy Potok catchment, Silesian Beskids |
| title_full_unstemmed | Erosion processes initialized by use of heavy equipment in mountain forests of the Wilczy Potok catchment, Silesian Beskids |
| title_short | Erosion processes initialized by use of heavy equipment in mountain forests of the Wilczy Potok catchment, Silesian Beskids |
| title_sort | erosion processes initialized by use of heavy equipment in mountain forests of the wilczy potok catchment silesian beskids |
| topic | mountain forest skidding soil erosion erosion gullies forest management |
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