Issue 1 Special Issue: Line Thinning
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREWORD | What is "SINNRINN SAISEI BUSINESS" (Reforestation)? | Hiroshi KOBAYASHI | １-2 |
| SPECIAL ISSUE | The value of line thinning from a wide viewpoint | Yoji SHIMAZAKI | 3-7 |
| SPECIAL ISSUE | Effect on forest environments by line thinning | Michiharu KONDO | 9-14 |
| SPECIAL ISSUE | Repetition of row thinning with high performance forestry machine | Yasuo KOHATA | 15-20 |
| SPECIAL ISSUE | Line thinning operations for long rotation silvicultural management | Masahiro OHTAKE | 21-24 |
| SPECIAL ISSUE | Approach of line thinning operations in Kami forest owners' association | Osamu TAKEZOE | 25-29 |
| SPECIAL ISSUE | Approach of line thinning operations in Kami forest owners' association | Yozo YAMADA | 31-38 |
| ARTICLE | Color design on forestry machinery exterior for industrial injury prevention (1)-Computer simulation to simulate aged crystalline lens and change of color vision- | Tetsuya MATSUMURA and Hiroshi INOUE | 39-47 |
| ARTICLE | Long-term feasibility of timber and forest biomass resources at an intermediate and mountainous area-Balance of harvesting volumes using random search | Kazuhiro ARUGA, Takuyuki YOSHIOKA and Rin SAKURAI | 49-59 |
| ARTICLE | An omni-directional vehicle for forestry applications: Design and mobility testing | Shozo SASAKI, Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Takeshi YAMADA and Tatsuya SASAKI | 61-69 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Comparison of DEM resolution for forest road design－a case study in coniferous forests, western Washington State, USA－ | Kazuhiro ARUGA, Toshiaki TASAKA and Edwin S. MIYATA | 71-78 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | The recovery of soil compaction in the selection logged over area at Tokyo University Forest in Hokkaido | Juang Rata MATANGARAN, Kazuhiro ARUGA, Rin SAKURAI, Masahiro IWAOKA and Hideo SAKAI | 79-82 |
| NOTE | The development, improvement and diffusion of full-slewing wood processor with grapple | Isao NISHIMURA | 83-86 |
| NOTE | Report on the RecAsh International Seminar 2005 | Takuyuki YOSHIOKA | 87-90 |
| NOTE | Report on the Field Workshop of the 13th Meeting Forest Production System Study Group | Takeshi MATSUMOTO and Kuniaki FURUKAWA | 91-95 |
| NOTE | Report on symposium of the 13th Meeting Forest Production System Study Group (1) | Kuniaki FURUKAWA and Takeshi MATSUMOTO | 97-104 |
Issue 2
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUMMARY OF STUDIES RECIEVED 2005 JFES PRIZE | A foundational study on the planning of culvert of forest road Try to low cost logging operations with safety work -contribution to work safety and development of forestry technology- |
Kouichi ICHIHARA Tadayoshi IZUMI |
113-114 |
| ARTICLE | Studies of the Pattern Classification of the Logging Systems for Thinning on the Basis of the Applicability of Forestry Machines and Features of Logging System | Masaru OKA, Motoki INOUE and Hiroshi KOBAYASHI | 115-124 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Examination of the strip road protection measures using branch | Yoshihiro KARIYA | 125-132 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Calculating Logging Costs and Optimizing Operational System for Thinning | Masahiko NAKAZAWA, Chikashi YOSHIDA, Masaki JINKAWA, Yozo YAMADA, Asako TSUCHIYA and Masahiro IWAOKA | 133-140 |
| NOTE | Report on symposium of the 13th Meeting Forest Production System Study Group (2) | Kuniaki FURUKAWA and Takeshi MATSUMOTO | 141-149 |
| NOTE | Report on the symposium of the Japan Forest Engineering Society -Introduction of report -Advice to safety forestry work by forestry company -Current state of forestry labor accidents -Safety counterplan for cultural work －development and improvement of safety machines and appliances－ -Safety of felling and bucking operation -Note of debate |
Katsumi TOYOKAWA Tadayoshi IZUMI Yuki IMATOMI Jun KASHIMA Shigeru MATSUKUMA Editors |
151-167 |
Issue 3 Special Issue: Biomass
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTICLE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Long-term feasibility of timber and forest biomass resources at an intermediate and mountainous area (2) -Examining the optimum scale of an energy plant- | Kazuhiro ARUGA, Toshiaki TASAKA, Takuyuki YOSHIOKA, Rin SAKURAI and Hiroshi KOBAYASHI | 185-192 |
| ARTICLE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Possibility of energy use of forest biomass and effect of forest road network in mountainous area | Rin SAKURAI, Yutaka TATE, Takuyuki YOSHIOKA, Toshio NITAMI, Teruhisa OHNO and Hiroshi KOBAYASHI | 193-204 |
| ARTICLE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Logging Systems and Amount of Emergence of Logging Residues | Masahiko NAKAZAWA, Masahiro IWAOKA, Hirohiko MINEMATSU and Masayuki OZAWA | 205-210 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Productivity of yarding system for forest biomass by tower yarder | Chikashi YOSHIDA, Masaki JINKAWA, Koji KONDO, Yuki IMATOMI, Masahiko NAKAZAWA, Asako TSUCHIYA and Yozo YAMADA | 211-217 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Past studies on harvesting, transporting, and chipping of forest biomass resources | Takuyuki YOSHIOKA and Koki INOUE | 219-226 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Effects of multiple passes of tractor on soil bulk density-A case study in the boreal natural forest of Tokyo University Forest in Hokkaido- | Juang R. MATANGARAN, Kazuhiro ARUGA, Rin SAKURAI, Hideo SAKAI and Hiroshi KOBAYASHI | 227-231 |
| NOTE | Report on the exhibition by JFES at Forestry Machine Show 2006 | Takayuki ITO | 233-235 |
Issue 4
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Relationship between angle of slope inclination and efficiency of the construction of mono-rail track | Kouichi ICHIHARA, Kensaku SHIMIZU, Takahiro SAKAMOTO and Katsumi TOYOKAWA | 241-244 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Study about the efficiency of the terrain for yarding area by mobile-yarder or swingyarder | Rin SAKURAI, Toshio NITAMI and Hideo SAKAI | 245-249 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Long-term feasibility of timber and forest biomass resources at an intermediate and mountainous area (3) －Discussion on energy balance－ | Kazuhiro ARUGA, Masashi SAITO Toshiaki TASAKA and Takuyuki YOSHIOKA | 251-256 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | The requirement for commercial thinning and the amount of logging residue in Toei in Aichi Prefecture, Japan | Masahiko NAKAZAWA, Masahiro IWAOKA, Chikashi YOSHIDA, Masaki JINKAWA, Yozo YAMADA and Asako TSUCHIYA | 257-260 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | The influence of rainfall on water contents distributed inside of residue piles at landings and transition of them | Satoshi OTSUJI, Masahiro IWAOKA, Hirohiko MINEMATSU, Msayuki OZAWA and Masahiko NAKAZAWA | 261-264 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | The productivity of line thinning operations on “Project of forest regeneration at Fuji area” | Keiichi KONDO | 265-268 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Possibility of thinning timber harvesting by easy yarding method (2) －Function and characteristic of Sky Wood Chute－ | Takeshi MATSUMOTO, Takao YOSHIDA and Yukio ISHIWATA | 269-274 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Kind and weight of tools that Japanese loggers use | Takumi UEMURA, Shigeru MATSUKUMA and Akifumi FUKUDA | 275-278 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Development of assistive device which controls a direction to cut down a bamboo | Tomoaki ISHIKAWA | 279-282 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Accuracy in observation of angle of waist bend and twist | Yuki KOMORI, Koki INOUE, Takuyuki YOSHIOKA and Tetsuya HASEGAWA | 283-286 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Dynamic operation model for log transportation by forwarders | Yoshiaki TANAKA, Masaru OKA, Chikashi YOSHIDA, Koji KONDO and Takamitsu HAMAMOTO | 287-290 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Traveling and breaking characteristic of logging vehicle on a down slope | Masahiro MOZUNA, Tatsuya SASAKI, Takayuki ITO, Takashi FUTAMOTO and Yuichi TUGE | 291-294 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Examination about standard of skidding road for forwarder based on the travel speed of forwarder | Masaru OKA, Yoshiaki TANAKA, Chikashi YOSHIDA, Koji KONDO, Tatsuya SASAKI and Yoshihiro KARIYA | 295-298 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Difference in productivities of harvesters in selective and row thinning | Masahiko NAKAGAWA | 299-302 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Measurement of forest micro-topography －A trial for optimization of undercarriage specification－ | Takeshi YAMADA, Toshiaki ENDO, Eiji WASA and Shin IKEDA | 303-306 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | A study on the yield of the commercial line thinning about a single layered stand on a steep slope －Stand character on the center line of remained 3-line, 4-years after the line thinning－ | Hiroshi TOKIMITSU and Kenzo YOGI | 307-310 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | An example of high-performance forestry machine operational system for skidding thinned logs －Shinshu-type skidding method (high lead type skidding method using a zigzag pulley)－ | Makoto IMAI, Michiharu KONDO, Takayuki MIYAZAKI and Mituyuki MACHIDA | 311-313 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Object-based image analysis applied for detection of forest canopy density | Akemi ITAYA and Masami SHIBA | 315-318 |