Issue 1 Special Issue: Forest operations with forest road networks
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREWORD | Preparing for the times of practical use | Jun'ichi GOTOU | １ |
| FOREWORD OF SPECIAL ISSUE | Introduction of the special issue on ”Forest operations with forest road networks” | Akemi ITAYA | 3 |
| REVIEW FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Current aspects of CTL harvesting system in Japan | Shozo SASAKI | 5-11 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Productivity operational system with a harvester and a grapple toward to achieve efficient log production and gathering forest biomass -Try of Chitose Forestry Co., Inc. in Hokkaido- | Sayaka SAKAI and Yukihiro TOCHIGI | 13-19 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Productivities of a wheel mounted harvester and forwarder system introduced from Europe on a logging road | Ichiro WATANABE, Yasuo KOHATA and Shozo SASAKI | 21-25 |
| MISCELLANEOUS NOTE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Tasks on forest road network | Hideo SAKAI | 27-31 |
| NOTE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Report of the symposium of the JFES 2015 -Timber harvesting systems and use of road network, challenges in Hokkaido- -The former half of presentation and overall discussion- |
Ryoma GOHTO and Kureo YANAGITA | 33-38 |
| NOTE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Report of the symposium of the JFES 2015 -Timber harvesting systems and use of road network, challenges in Hokkaido- -The latter half of presentation and overall discussion- |
Ryoma GOHTO and Kureo YANAGITA | 39-44 |
| ARTICLE | The present conditions and factor analysis of the forest road institution disaster in Amami Oshima | Yoshihito IUCHI, Masaru OKA and Yukiyoshi TERAMOTO | 45-54 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Evaluation of trainings for strip road construction by operators and their employers | Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Jun KASHIMA, Kiyoshi SAKAI, Kazuya NISHIHARA, Masashi SAITO, Hidenori SUZUKI and Yuta INOMATA | 55-63 |
| NOTE | Report on the joint seminar of the Japan Forest Engineering Society and Japan Society of Forest Planning | Dai OTSUKA | 65-67 |
| RESEARCH TOPICS | Hidenori SUZUKI Hirokazu YAMAGUCHI |
69-72 |
Issue 2
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Productivity of vehicle logging system in final removal cutting -A case of Hinoki dominated shelterwood in Nagano Prefecture- | Dai OTSUKA, Masashi SAITO, Kai MORIGUCHI and Tatsuhito UEKI | 79-83 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Productivity and cost efficiency of a cable logging operation at a clear cut broad-leaved forest stand to supply feedstock for woody biomass electric generation | Yasushi SUZUKI, Shin YAMASAKI, Naoshi WATANABE and Yuji FUKUDA | 85-91 |
| NOTE | Report on the field meeting of the 19th Workshop on Forest Production System | Tatsuya NARAZAKI | 93-96 |
| NOTE | Report on the exhibition by JFES at Forestry Machine Show 2015 | Satoshi YAMAGUCHI | 97-99 |
| NOTE | Report on the seminar of Japan Forest Engineering Society 2015 | Hiroki MATSUNAGA | 101-103 |
| RESEARCH TOPICS | Tatsuya SASAKI Nobuyuki TSUZUKI |
105-108 |
Issue 3
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUMMARY OF STUDIES RECEIVED THE 2015 JFES PRIZE | Studies and extensions of locally adapted mechanized harvesting systems and forest information management | Kuniaki FURUKAWA |
111-112 |
| ARTICLE | Crawler-type transport mechanism that can travel over forest land (in English) | Yuko SHIRAI and Hiroshi ENDO | 113-120 |
| NOTE | Report on the study tour of forestry in Germany | Chika NAKAJIMA | 121-124 |
| NOTE | Report on field visit of the Japan Forest Engineering Society | Kosuke MAKINO and Masaru OKA | 125-130 |
| NOTE | Report on the symposium of the JFES 2016 "Current situation and probrems of the forest workers' education" | Shohei KAMEYAMA and Takuyuki YOSHIOKA | 131-139 |
| RESEARCH TOPICS | Masahiro IWAOKA Yuki IMATOMI |
141-144 |
Issue 4
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTICLE | Application of a learning model to a forest machinery work and analysis of progress in a machine operation technique | Hirokazu YAMAGUCHI, Masaru OKA, Jun KASHIMA, Masahiro MOZUNA, Masaki JINKAWA and Yoshihiro KARIYA | 155-162 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | The effective number of logs to grab in a log-loading work in accordance with operator's proficiency | Hirokazu YAMAGUCHI, Takumi UEMURA, Masahiro MOZUNA and Yoshihiro KARIYA | 163-169 |
| NOTE | Report on the international conference in Turkey, FETEC 2016, and forestry in Turkey | Yasushi SUZUKI | 171-176 |
| RESEARCH TOPICS | Yozo YAMADA Rin SAKURAI |
177-179 |