A critical analysis on hybrid renewable energy modeling tools: An emerging opportunity to include social indicators to optimise systems in small communities

MA Cuesta, T Castillo-Calzadilla, CE Borges - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
The arrival of different renewable energy and storage technologies with lower costs is
helping smaller communities to gain access to affordable electricity resources through …

Opportunities and limitations of thinning to increase resistance and resilience of trees and forests to global change

G Moreau, C Chagnon, A Achim, J Caspersen… - Forestry, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We reviewed recent literature to identify the positive and negative effects of thinning on both
stand-and tree-level resistance and resilience to four stressors that are expected to increase …

Global change and forest disturbances in the Mediterranean basin: Breakthroughs, knowledge gaps, and recommendations

J Peñuelas, J Sardans - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin are mostly situated in the north of the Basin
(mesic). In the most southern and dry areas, the forest can only exist where topography …

Forest management and carbon sequestration in the Mediterranean region: A review

R Ruiz-Peinado, JAB Oviedo, EL Senespleda… - Forest …, 2017 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Aim of the study: To review and acknowledge the value of carbon sequestration by forest
management in the Mediterranean area. Material and methods: We review the main effects …

Sustainable supply chain resilience for logistics problems: Empirical validation using robust and computational intelligence methods

K Sadeghi, MQH Abadi - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
A supply chain's ability to avoid an unexpected disruption or quickly return to a normal
situation defines supply chain resilience. Prior works have emphasized the integration of …

Valorization of forest waste biomass by catalyzed pyrolysis

B Rijo, APS Dias, M Ramos, M Ameixa - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Harvesting of forest residual biomass contributes to regulating wildfires during hot and dry
seasons. The collected biomass can be converted into liquid biofuel by pyrolysis. Simple …

Modeling the effects of different fuel treatment mosaics on wildfire spread and behavior in a Mediterranean agro-pastoral area

M Salis, L Del Giudice, B Arca, AA Ager… - Journal of environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wildfire spread and behavior can be limited by fuel treatments, even if their effects can vary
according to a number of factors including type, intensity, extension, and spatial …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping opportunities for the use of land management strategies to address fire risk in Europe

AN Neidermeier, C Zagaria, V Pampanoni… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many parts of Europe face increasing challenges managing wildfires. Although wildfire is an
integral part of certain ecosystems, fires in many places are becoming larger and more …

Optimizing prescribed fire allocation for managing fire risk in central Catalonia

FJ Alcasena, AA Ager, M Salis, MA Day… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
We used spatial optimization to allocate and prioritize prescribed fire treatments in the fire-
prone Bages County, central Catalonia (northeastern Spain). The goal of this study was to …

Ecological niche models applied to post-megafire vegetation restoration in the context of climate change

C Carrillo-García, L Girola-Iglesias, M Guijarro… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change and land-use changes are the main drivers altering fire regimes and
leading to the occurrence of megafires. Current management policies mainly focus on short …