Forest roads: A synthesis of scientific information

Hermann Gucinski; Michael Furniss; Robert Ziemer; Martha H. Brookes

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Forest roads: A synthesis of scientific information

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Authors:

Hermann Gucinski, Michael Furniss, Robert Ziemer, Martha H. Brookes

Year:

2001

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

General Technical Report PNW-GTR-509. Portland, Oregon: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service. 103 p.

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Abstract

Effects of roads in forested ecosystems span direct physical and ecological ones (such as geomorphic and hydrologic effects), indirect and landscape level ones (such as effects on aquatic habitat, terrestrial vertebrates, and biodiversity conservation), and socioeconomic ones (such as passive-use value, economic effects on development and range management). Road effects take place in the contexts of environmental settings, their history, and the state of engineering practices, and must be evaluated in those contexts for best management approaches.

Keywords

PSW4351, roads, roadless areas, forest ecosystems, geomorphology, hydrology, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity, nonmarket values, heritage values, economic development, grazing, mineral resources, fire

Citation

Gucinski, Hermann; Furniss, Michael J.; Ziemer, Robert R.; Brookes, Martha H. 2001. Forest roads: A synthesis of scientific information. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-509. Portland, Oregon: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service. 103 p.