Precision forestry is a useful technique to help forest stakeholders with proper sustainable
forest management. Modern sensors and technologies, with special reference to the …

Thinning is a crucial practice in forest management. There is, however, a dearth of studies
that focus on the effects of thinning carried out by modern heavy machinery on the physical …

Commonly, in Italy coppice utilization consists in a felling of about 80–85% of the above-
ground woody biomass, with release of scattered standards (about 40–120 standard/ha) …

Coppicing is a very traditional method of forest management and is still widespread in many
regions worldwide. Until the middle of the 20th century, coppice forests were very common …

Coppice is considered the oldest form of sustainable forest management in the
Mediterranean area. Generally, it produces rapidly woody biomass and environmental …

Renaturalization treatment in black pine afforestation is an important topic that should be
considered. There is a need to favor the evolution of artificial pine forests toward natural …

In Mediterranean regions, afforested areas were planted to ensure the permanence of land
cover, and to protect against erosion and to initiate the vegetation processes. For those …

This study represents the first attempt of integration, within a Forest Management Plan
(FMP), of a Geographic Information System (GIS) and an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) …

Sažetak One of the most important issues in ground based wood extraction in forestry is to
minimize the soil damage caused by heavy forestry machines. Generally, harvesting effects …

Working time studies, work productivity, and cost assessments of forest logging are of
interest to forest managers and planners. These aspects are particularly important in …