title: Plant Species Recovery on a Compacted Skid Road.
abstract: This study was executed to determine the plant species of herbaceous cover in a skid road subjected to soil compaction due to timber skidding in a beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky.) stand. Our previous studies have shown that ground based timber skidding destroys the soils extremely, and degradations on ecosystem because of the timber skidding limit recovery and growth of plant cover on skid roads. However, some plant species show healthy habitat, recovery and they can survive after the extreme degradation in study area. We evaluated composition of these plant species and their cover-abundance scales in 100 m x 3 m transect. 15 plant species were determined belongs to 12 plant families and Liliaceae was the highest representative plant family. Smilax aspera L., Epimedium pubigerum (DC.) Moren et Decaisne, Carex distachya Desf. var. distachya Desf., Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn., Trachystemon orientalis (L.) G. Don, Hedera helix L. have the highest coverabundance scale overall of determined species on compacted skid road.
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Faculty of Forestry, Forest Construction and Transportation Department 34473 Bahcekoy / Sariyer / Istanbul / Turkey. mdemir@istanbul.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Faculty of Forestry, Soil Science and Ecology Department 34473 Bahcekoy / Sariyer / Istanbul / Turkey. emak@istanbul.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Ender
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Makineci
authors.affiliation: Istanbul University, Faculty of Forestry, Landscape Architecture Department 34473 Bahcekoy / Sariyer / Istanbul / Turkey. beyza@istanbul.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Beyza Sat
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Gungor
keywords: Timber skidding; harvesting effects; herbaceous plant species; logging; soil disturbance; timber harvesting