Issue 1 Special Issue: Tools and machines for logging

Article type	Title	Authors	page
FOREWORD	Go across the when and where for scientific grounds and techniques	Jun'ichi GOTOU	１
FOREWORD OF SPECIAL ISSUE	Introduction of the special issue on ”Tools and machines for logging”	Masahiro MOZUNA	3-4
REVIEW FOR SPECIAL ISSUE	Transition and problems of felling techniques in Japan	Takumi UEMURA	5-10
REVIEW FOR SPECIAL ISSUE	Course of action in woody biomass utilization	Yasushi SUZUKI	11-16
ARTICLE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE	Characteristics of a log loading work with a grapple loader performed by a skilled operator	Hirokazu YAMAGUCHI, Masaru OKA, Jun KASHIMA, Yoshihiro KARIYA, Naoki SHIMIZU, Masahiro MOZUNA, Yoshiaki TANAKA and Takumi UEMURA	17-28
RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT FOR SPECIAL ISSUE	Development of a thinning system with a medium-range tower yarder introduced from Europe -Productivity of uphill-lateral yarding-	Masahiko NAKAZAWA, Chikashi YOSHIDA, Tatsuya SASAKI, Masaki JINKAWA, Yoshiaki TANAKA, Hidenori SUZUKI, Takumi UEMURA, Takayuki ITO and Toshihiko YAMASAKI	29-34
RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE	Working efficiency of a long-boom excavator with a tilt grapple	Takeo WATAHIKI	35-38
NOTE	Report on the student seminar of the Japan Forest Engineering Society 2014	Takuyuki YOSHIOKA	39-44
NOTE	Report on the meeting on tradition and education of harvesting techniques	Yuki IMATOMI	45-47
NOTE	Report on Japan logging championship in Aomori	Yuta INOMATA	49-52
MISCELLANEOUS NOTE	In memory of Dr. MIYATA	Shozo SASAKI	53-54
MISCELLANEOUS NOTE	Gratitude for Mr. Seiichi Edwin MIYATA	Hideo SAKAI	55
MISCELLANEOUS NOTE	On the memorial of Dr. Edwin Seiichi MIYATA	Yasushi SUZUKI	57-58
RESEARCH TOPICS		Hisashi HASEGAWA Tomoyuki ISHIZAKA	59-62

Issue 2

Article type	Title	Authors	page
ARTICLE	Calculating the amount of extractable forest biomass resources in Hokkaido considering operational systems and logging residues ratios	Sayaka SAKAI, Humiko TERADA, Ichiro WATANABE and Shozo SASAKI	71-78
RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT	Constructing L-shaped steel retaining wall and its bearing capacity	Hirofumi TAKAHASHI, Hideo SAKAI, Hisao USUDA, Tomohiro WATADA and Kuniaki FURUKAWA	79-84
NOTE	Report on the exhibition by JFES at Forestry Machine Show 2014	Satoshi YAMAGUCHI	85-87
RESEARCH TOPICS		Kotaro ZUSHI Naoki NOZUE Shinjiro OYA	88-93

Issue 3

Article type	Title	Authors	page
SUMMARY OF STUDIES RECEIVED THE 2014 JFES PRIZE	Studies and extensions of the low-cost harvesting systems and road construction techniques	Kenzo YOGI	101
RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT	Comparison between actual cross drain spacing on forest roads and existing guideline	Hiroko MUNEOKA, Hidenori SUZUKI, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Yoshiaki TANAKA and Masaki JINKAWA	103-110
RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT	A study on lease and rental of forestry machines	Yuki IMATOMI, Kazuhiro YABE and Tomoyuki OGUCHI	111-115
NOTE	Report on the XXIV IUFRO World Congress	Yozo YAMADA	117-122
NOTE	Report on the IUFRO 2014 pre-congress tour "Northern California: Red Wine to Redwoods"	Masahiro IWAOKA	123-126
RESEARCH TOPICS		Kenichiro TODA Masashi SAITO Kuniaki FURUKAWA	127-132

Issue 4

Article type	Title	Authors	page
ARTICLE	Drying characteristics of wood chips inside breathable flexible containers and modeling of moisture content transition	Maya FUJIWARA, Masahiro IWAOKA, Takeshi MATSUMOTO, Yuta INOMATA, Emi MURASE and Fukashi MAKI	１45-152
RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT	Damage to residual trees following cable yarding on excavator mounted 4 winch systems	Masaya FUJINO, Ryosuke WATANABE, Minoru KONDO, Hirokazu YAMAGUCHI and Susumu SHIRAI	153-157
RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT	Locations subject to intercepted subsurface flow along forest roads	Hiroko MUNEOKA, Hidenori SUZUKI, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Yoshiaki TANAKA and Masaki JINKAWA	159-164
RESEARCH TOPICS		Keisuke TOYAMA Takuyuki YOSHIOKA	165-168