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Use of Battery- vs. Petrol-Powered Chainsaws in Forestry: Comparing Performances on Cutting Time by Francesco Neri, Andrea Laschi, Enrico Marchi, Elena Marra, Fabio Fabiano, Niccolò Frassinelli, Cristiano Foderi

“…The use of battery tools is very common in many fields of work. In fact, the electric engine and batteries have several advantages over traditional endothermic…”
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Determining Noise and Vibration Exposure in Conifer Cross-Cutting Operations by Using Li-Ion Batteries and Electric Chainsaws by Francesco Neri, Andrea Laschi, Cristiano Foderi, Fabio Fabiano, Lucia Bertuzzi, Enrico Marchi

“…In many activities, chainsaw users are exposed to the risk of injuries and several other hazard factors that may cause health problems. In fact, environmental…”
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Forest Road Planning, Construction and Maintenance to Improve Forest Fire Fighting: a Review by Laschi, Andrea, Foderi, Cristiano, Fabiano, Fabio, Neri, Francesco, Cambi, Martina, Mariotti, Barbara, Marchi, Enrico

“…Forest roads play a key-role in fire fighting activities. In fact, all ground-based activities are strictly related to the presence of forest roads as access…”
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Battery- and Petrol-Powered Chainsaws: An Investigation of Productivity in Conifer Thinning by Francesco Neri, Andrea Laschi, Niccolò Frassinelli, Fabio Fabiano, Cristiano Foderi, Enrico Marchi, Elena Marra

“…In recent years, battery technology has been greatly improved and some types of battery chainsaws are currently comparable with light-type petrol machines,…”
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A Comparison between the Latest Models of Li-Ion Batteries and Petrol Chainsaws Assessing Noise and Vibration Exposure in Cross-Cutting by Francesco Neri, Andrea Laschi, Lucia Bertuzzi, Giovanni Galipò, Niccolò Frassinelli, Fabio Fabiano, Enrico Marchi, Cristiano Foderi, Elena Marra

“…Chainsaw operators are exposed to many hazards that can lead to health problems. The two most frequently documented ergonomics threats in the use of chainsaws…”
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Comparing the Productivity of the Latest Models of Li-Ion Battery and Petrol Chainsaws in a Conifer Clear-Cut Site by Andrea Laschi, Francesco Neri, Elena Marra, Fabio Fabiano, Niccolò Frassinelli, Enrico Marchi, Riccardo Paoloni, Cristiano Foderi

“…The recent technological development of batteries has allowed the production of powerful tools that are also used in forestry operations. For this reason, this…”
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Impact Assessment of Skidding Extraction: Effects on Physical and Chemical Properties of Forest Soils and on Maple Seedling Growing along the Skid Trail by Ahmad Solgi, Ramin Naghdi, Enrico Marchi, Andrea Laschi, Farshad Keivan Behjou, Vahid Hemmati, Ali Masumian

“…Several studies investigated soil disturbances caused on skid trails by forest logging. However, there is still a lack of knowledge about the severity and the…”
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A Methodological Approach Exploiting Modern Techniques for Forest Road Network Planning by Francesco Neri, Niccolò Brachetti Montorselli, Enrico Marchi, Andrea Laschi

“…A well-developed road network allows all forest activities, including wood harvesting, firefighting and recreational activities. However, forest road…”
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Corsican Pine (Pinus laricio Poiret) Stand Management: Medium and Long Lasting Effects of Thinning on Biomass Growth by Rodolfo Picchio, Rachele Venanzi, Francesco Latterini, Enrico Marchi, Andrea Laschi, Angela Lo Monaco

“…With the aim of acquiring better comprehension of the ecological and productive aspects of the management of pine forests, we monitored logging damage and…”
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Forest Sharing® as an Innovative Facility for Sustainable Forest Management of Fragmented Forest Properties: First Results of Its Implementation by Giannetti, Francesca, Laschi, Andrea, Zorzi, Ilaria, Foderi, Cristiano, Cenni, Enrico, Guadagnino, Cristiano, Pinzani, Giacomo, Ermini, Francesco, Bottalico, Francesca, Milazzo, Guido, Massai, Lorenzo, Errico, Alessandro, Giambastiani, Yamuna

“…The forestry sector in Italy and throughout Europe is going through a critical period due to ongoing natural and anthropological processes, such as climate…”
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Economic and Life Cycle Analysis of Passive and Active Monitoring of Ozone for Forest Protection by Elisa Carrari, Alessandra De Marco, Andrea Laschi, Ovidiu Badea, Laurence Dalstein-Richier, Silvano Fares, Stefan Leca, Enrico Marchi, Pierre Sicard, Ionel Popa, Yasutomo Hoshika, Alessandro Materassi, Giacomo Pallante, Diana Pitar, Elena Paoletti

“…At forest sites, phytotoxic tropospheric ozone (O3) can be monitored with continuously operating, active monitors (AM) or passive, cumulative samplers (PM)…”
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Sustainable Forest Operations (SFO): A new paradigm in a changing world and climate by Marchi, Enrico, Chung, Woodam, Visser, Rien, Abbas, Dalia, Nordfjell, Tomas, Mederski, Piotr S., McEwan, Andrew, Brink, Michal, Laschi, Andrea

“…The effective implementation of sustainable forest management depends largely on carrying out forest operations in a sustainable manner. Climate change, as…”
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Identifying causes, dynamics and consequences of work accidents in forest operations in an alpine context by Laschi, Andrea, Marchi, Enrico, Foderi, Cristiano, Neri, Francesco

“…•An accident analysis on forest operations in northern Italy was developed.•Frequency and Severity Indexes resulted higher than other productive…”
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Short-term machinery impact on microbial activity and diversity in a compacted forest soil by Bellabarba, Agnese, Giagnoni, Laura, Adessi, Alessandra, Marra, Elena, Laschi, Andrea, Neri, Francesco, Mastrolonardo, Giovanni

“…Forest soils are complex ecosystems including a huge biodiversity including different microbial communities that are responsible for soil nutrient cycling and…”
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Forest operations in coppice: Environmental assessment of two different logging methods by Laschi, Andrea, Marchi, Enrico, González-García, Sara

“…Wood is a renewable resource and it actively contributes to enhance energy production under a sustainable perspective. However, harvesting, transport and use…”
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Environmental performance of wood pellets' production through life cycle analysis by Laschi, Andrea, Marchi, Enrico, González-García, Sara

“…Forests play a key role as the source of an essential renewable material and/or fuel: wood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the environmental impacts…”
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Influence of wild ungulates on the secondary succession of an Apennine silver fir forest after windthrow by Carrari, Elisa, Galipò, Giovanni, Cambi, Martina, Landi, Marco, Laschi, Andrea, Maltoni, Alberto, Marchi, Enrico, Mariotti, Barbara, Martini, Sofia, Pelagani, Elisa, Tani, Andrea, Zoccola, Antonio, Selvi, Federico

“…Windstorms are natural factors in vegetation dynamics, but their intensity is increasing and undermines the forest resilience. Post-event interventions depend…”
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A GIS-MCDM-based road network planning for tourism development and management in Arasbaran forest, Iran by Talebi, Manijeh, Majnounian, Baris, Makhdoum, Majid, Abdi, Ehsan, Omid, Mahmoud, Marchi, Enrico, Laschi, Andrea

“…It is very important for managers to plan a road network that meets all the requirements for tourism development and management. The aim of this study was to…”
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Strategies to Mitigate the Effects of Soil Physical Disturbances Caused by Forest Machinery: a Comprehensive Review by Labelle, Eric R., Hansson, Linnea, Högbom, Lars, Jourgholami, Meghdad, Laschi, Andrea

“…Purpose of Review Ground-based mechanized forest operations can cause severe soil disturbances that are often long lasting and detrimental to the health of…”
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Early response of Quercus robur seedlings to soil compaction following germination by Cambi, Martina, Mariotti, Barbara, Fabiano, Fabio, Maltoni, Alberto, Tani, Andrea, Foderi, Cristiano, Laschi, Andrea, Marchi, Enrico

“…Logging operations using heavy machinery effect changes in soil characteristics due to compaction; such conditions can negatively influence seedling…”
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