Research Article

Long-Term Impact Evaluation of Ground-Base Skidding on Residual Damaged Trees in the Hyrcanian Forest, Iran

Table 10

All categories of damage by traffic intensity category.

Traffic intensity categoryLowMediumHigh

Damage location30.06 [ab]31.21 [ab]38.73 [a]
Damage severity29.54 [c]31.73 [b]38.73 [a]
Damage size29.64 [c]31.65 [b]38.71 [a]
Damage frequency30.00 [c]32.00 [ab]38.00 [a]
Distance of damaged trees from the centerline of skid trail29.64 [c]31.70 [b]38.62 [a]

All above values are percent. Different letters within each traffic treatments shows significant differences (P <  .05).