Journal of Forest Science, 2019 (vol. 65), issue 5
Quantification of the economic value of the recreational function of forests in the territory of Městské lesy Hradec Králové a.s.Original Paper
David Březina, Jakub Michal, Zdeněk Adamec, Jana Burdová
J. For. Sci., 2019, 65(5):161-170 | DOI: 10.17221/38/2019-JFS 
This article aims at the valuation of the potential and economic significance of the recreational ecosystem services of forests. The research was conducted in the area of Městské lesy Hradec Králové a.s. in 2018. A part of the questionnaire survey assessed by means of statistical analysis was based on the travel cost method and the contingent valuation method, which investigate the respondents' willingness to pay for services resulting from the recreational ecosystem service of forests. The research specifically dealt with the visitors' willingness to pay for the services resulting from the use of forest logging roads, forest clearings, and small structures...
People's attitudes towards deadwood in forest: evidence from the Ukrainian CarpathiansOriginal Paper
Oksana Pelyukh, Alessandro Paletto, Lyudmyla Zahvoyska
J. For. Sci., 2019, 65(5):171-182 | DOI: 10.17221/144/2018-JFS
People's attitudes towards forest stand characteristics including deadwood are becoming increasingly relevant in sustainable forest management. The aim of this study is to investigate people's attitudes towards deadwood in forest. The study was carried out in the Rakhiv region (Ukraine) characterized by high importance of forest resources for the local community and economy. People's opinions were collected through the face-to-face administration of a questionnaire to 308 respondents. The survey investigated three aspects: importance of deadwood in forest; people's perceptions of positive and negative effects of deadwood in forest; effects of...
Distance driven and driving speed when forwarding during final felling in Central SwedenOriginal Paper
Simon Berg, Back Tomas Ersson, Jussi Manner
J. For. Sci., 2019, 65(5):183-194 | DOI: 10.17221/23/2019-JFS
Factors affecting forwarding work are interesting because they can be used to better optimize forwarding routes and to predict costs. The main objective of this study was to investigate the association between driving speed and driving distance when forwarding. Data was automatically collected during 2.5 years from two large forwarders operating during final felling in central Sweden. Driving speeds for the work tasks Driving unloaded, Loading drive and Driving loaded were analysed using correlation, least-squares regression, and quantile regression. The results showed that speed and distance were strongly correlated for the work element Driving unloaded,...
Degradation of landscapes in the South of the Privolzhsky UplandOriginal Paper
Valery Grigorievich Yuferev, Aleksey Anatolyevich Zavalin, Yuri Nikolaevich Pleskachev, Anastasia Vasilievna Vdovenko, Sergey Denisovich Fomin, Elena Sergeevna Vorontsova
J. For. Sci., 2019, 65(5):195-202 | DOI: 10.17221/141/2018-JFS
Landscapes in the southern part of the Privolzhsky Upland represent a complex ecological system, functioning in severe geomorphological and climatic conditions. The study of erosion degradation and zoning of the southern part of the Privolzhsky Upland, limited by the interfluve of the Volga and Ilovlya rivers, with a total area of 1,156 thousand hectares, where the dissection of the gully and ravine network is 0.4-1.0 km.km-2, reaching in some places 3.5 km.km-2 was carried out by the methods of the joint analysis of digital elevation model, large-scale topographic cartographic basis and satellite images of the studied territory, using specialized...