Data analytics for enhancement of forest and biomass supply chain management

X Zhang, J Wang, J Vance, Y Wang, J Wu… - Current Forestry …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Forest and biomass utilization is of great significance in the
context of global change toward renewable energy and products. Supply chain …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of Forest Operations in Four Biogeographical Regions in Europe: Finding the Key Drivers for Future Development

B Engler, G Hartmann, PS Mederski, LG Bont… - Current Forestry …, 2024 - Springer
A literature review from 110 journal articles and 975 datasets from four biogeographical
regions in Europe, specifically from Estonia, Germany, Spain and Switzerland was …

A three-step neural network artificial intelligence modeling approach for time, productivity and costs prediction: A case study in Italian forestry

AR Proto, G Sperandio, C Costa, M Maesano… - Croatian Journal of …, 2020 - hrcak.srce.hr
The improvement of harvesting methodologies plays an important role in the optimization of
wood production in a context of sustainable forest management. Different harvesting …

[HTML][HTML] Forest operations using a combi–forwarder in deciduous forests

S Stoilov, AR Proto, D Oslekov, G Angelov… - Small-scale …, 2024 - Springer
In the last decade, technological innovation in the forest operations sector has allowed
levels of mechanization alternative to agricultural tractors and animal logging. These …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of different wood harvesting systems in typical Mediterranean small-scale forests: a Southern Italian case study

MF Cataldo, AR Proto, G Macrì… - Annals of Silvicultural …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Use of small-scale harvesting equipment in forestry is increasing in many regions of the
world and tractor-based systems are the most common type of small-scale forestry …

[HTML][HTML] Could timber winching operations be cleaner? An evaluation of two options in terms of residual stand damage, soil disturbance and operational efficiency

SA Borz, BC Crăciun, MV Marcu, E Iordache… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Forests provide multiple services, products and values and finding ways to preserve their
multifunctionality is important. However, all of the currently used harvesting systems produce …

Comparison of harvesting productivity, cost, and residual stand damages between single-tree selection thinning and mechanized line thinning using a small-scale …

MJ Cho, YS Choi, JH Oh, HS Mun… - Forest Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Considerable amounts of noncommercial materials generated from thinning treatments
remain unattended on the site because the value of small-sized timber is lower than overall …

[PDF][PDF] Productivity and working time structure of timber forwarding in flatland thinned pine stand with the use of farm tractors

D Kulak, G Szewczyk, A Stańczykiewicz - Croatian Journal of Forest …, 2023 - hrcak.srce.hr
Farm tractors are very popular in Poland and other European countries. When coupled with
trailers equipped with a crane with a grapple, they are also used, especially in easily …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of weather and slope conditions on the productivity, cost, and GHG emissions of a ground-based harvesting operation in mountain hardwoods

S Ezzati, F Tavankar, MR Ghaffariyan, R Venanzi… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mountainous hardwood mixed stands offer challenges to timber harvesting operations in
practice, including a harsh climate, variable topography, steep terrain, and large-sized …

[HTML][HTML] Productivity, costs, and selected environmental impacts of remote-controlled mini forestry crawlers

F Berendt, M Fortin, C Suchomel, J Schweier - Forests, 2018 - mdpi.com
An effective way to reduce off-road traffic in forests is to implement greater distances
between skid trails. However, this implies that trees beyond the boom reach of the harvester …