Having studied pages 8:6 - 8:20 decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F)
Quiz
Ground carrying capacity means how well the ground can bear forestry machines.
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F
When considering and planning GROT harvest, the areas with peat soil and lichen forest types should be excluded.
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F
According to the Swedish National Board of Forestry at least a third of the GROT, including also relatively rare species at the harvesting site, is recommended to be left on the site.
T
F
Only the planner is responsible for deciding whether to harvest GROT on a site with poor ground carrying capacity or not.
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F
Placing branches on the trails makes GROT harvesting suitable also on sites with poor ground carrying capacity in combination with slopes.
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F
It is always necessary to pre-clean the GROT harvesting site.
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F
It is always possible to estimate how much GROT a harvesting site can produce. There is a direct relationship between the volume of roundwood products harvested or the the area harvested, .
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F
When estimating the available GROT volume in relation to the volume of harvested roundwood products (often used in southern Sweden), there is a rule of thumb according to which the available GROT volume is about twice the volume of harvested roundwood products.
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F
The volume of GROT (chips) production is determined by the area designated for planned GROT harvests.
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F
Cleaning and proper preparing the site can increase the real GROT volume available for harvest.