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- Title
MECHANIZED WOOD HARVESTING APTITUDE ZONING.
- Authors
Cordeiro Ramalho, Antonio Henrique; Cesar Fiedler, Nilton; Specimille Falcão, Ruan; Barbosa de Souza, Kaíse; Rizzo Moreira, Taís; da Silva Macedo, Thiago Nunes
- Abstract
The need to increase forest enterprises' productivity has demanded higher levels of mechanization. The objective of this study was to evaluate the suitability of areas in Espírito Santo State to implement mechanized wood harvesting using a short log system. To prospect suitable areas for mechanization, an algebra map of Eucalyptus edaphoclimatic zoning, land use and occupation, slope, conservation units and their respective buffer zones was performed. Thus, suitability zones were defined based on edaphoclimatic conditions for evaluated species, with temperatures between 19 and 26°C, water deficit from 30 to 210 mm and annual average rainfall between 900 and 1800 mm defined as suitable. Land use and occupation were classified as fit, fit with type II limitation, fit with type III limitation and unfit. For slope classes, three categories were created: fit (0 - 27°), fit with limitation type I (27.1 - 35°) and unfit (> 35°). Results showed that the State has 39.45% of its entire area able to implement mechanized wood harvesting for Eucalyptus, while 47.91% of it is unfit. Based on the results, the authors concluded that the Northeast micro-region stood out with large, suitable areas for Eucalyptus harvest mechanization and that the employed methodology has potential for use and adaptation in other study areas around the world.
- Subjects
ESPIRITO Santo (Brazil : State); WOOD; LAND use; ZONING; RAINFALL; MECHANIZATION; EUCALYPTUS
- Publication
Floresta, 2023, Vol 53, Issue 3, p271
- ISSN
0015-3826
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5380/rf.v53i4.81004