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Testing Forestry Digital Twinning Workflow Based on Mobile LiDAR Scanner and AI Platform by Mihai Daniel Niță

“…Climate-smart forestry is a sustainable forest management approach for increasing positive climate impacts on society. As climate-smart forestry is focusing on…”
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Economic Valuation of Carbon Storage and Sequestration in Retezat National Park, Romania by Robert-George Pache, Ioan Vasile Abrudan, Mihai-Daniel Niță

“…Carbon storage and sequestration is one of the most important services provided by forest ecosystems, the most powerful tools for climate change mitigation and…”
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Ecological Monitoring with Spy Satellite Images—The Case of Red Wood Ants in Romania by Klimetzek, Dietrich, Stăncioiu, Petru Tudor, Paraschiv, Marius, Niță, Mihai Daniel

“…Dynamics of habitat conditions drive important changes in distribution and abundance of animal species making monitoring an important but also a challenging…”
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Tree Shape Variability in a Mixed Oak Forest Using Terrestrial Laser Technology: Implications for Mating System Analysis by Vlăduț Remus Tomșa, Alexandru Lucian Curtu, Mihai Daniel Niță

“…The accuracy of the description regarding tree architecture is crucial for data processing. LiDAR technology is an efficient solution for capturing the…”
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Does Slope Aspect Affect the Aboveground Tree Shape and Volume Allometry of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Trees? by Ioan Dutcă, Alexandra Cernat, Petru Tudor Stăncioiu, Florin Ioraș, Mihai Daniel Niță

“…In mountainous or hilly areas, the slope aspect affects the amount of solar radiation, with direct consequences on species distribution and tree growth…”
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Impact of Iran's Forest Nationalization Law on Forest Cover Changes over Six Decades: A Case Study of a Zagros Sparse Coppice Oak Forest by Beygi Heidarlou, Hadi, Banj Shafiei, Abbas, Nasiri, Vahid, Niţă, Mihai Daniel, Borz, Stelian Alexandru, Lopez-Carr, David

“…Forest nationalization policies in developing countries have often led to a reduction in local forest ownership rights and short- or long-term exploitative…”
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Assessing the Fragmentation, Canopy Loss and Spatial Distribution of Forest Cover in Kakamega National Forest Reserve, Western Kenya by Erick O. Osewe, Mihai Daniel Niţă, Ioan Vasile Abrudan

“…Kakamega National Forest Reserve is a tropical forest ecosystem at high risk of irreplaceable biodiversity loss due to persistent human-induced pressures. The…”
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Forestland connectivity in Romania—Implications for policy and management by Stancioiu, Petru Tudor, Niţa, Mihai Daniel, Lazar, Gabriel Ervin

“…Forest policies and management rules imposed on forests in Romania provide favourable habitat conditions for many species across forest landscapes. This is…”
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Electronics, Close-Range Sensors and Artificial Intelligence in Forestry by Stelian Alexandru Borz, Andrea Rosario Proto, Robert Keefe, Mihai Daniel Niţă

“…The use of electronics, close-range sensing and artificial intelligence has changed the management paradigm in many of the current industries in which big data…”
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Measuring forest height from space. Opportunities and limitations observed in natural forests by Baban, Gabriela, Daniel Niţă, Mihai

“…•A new methodology is proposed to obtain continuous LiDAR spaceborne datasets.•The proposed method integrates GEDI and ICESat-2 into a Random Forest…”
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Accuracy of a Smartphone-based freeware solution and two shape reconstruction algorithms in log volume measurements by Daniel Niţă, Mihai, Alexandru Borz, Stelian

“…•A free app and two shape reconstruction algorithms were tested in log measurement by scanning.•The digital solution provided accurate estimates in the range…”
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Intentions to engage in forest law enforcement in Romania: An application of the theory of planned behavior by Popa, Bogdan, Niță, Mihai Daniel, Hălălișan, Aureliu Florin

“…Despite numerous positive achievements, the institutional reforms in the forest sector in Central and Eastern European countries are still facing numerous…”
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Planning Forest Accessibility with a Low Ecological Impact by Eugen Iordache, Mihai-Daniel Niţă, Ioan Clinciu

“…This paper examines a new approach to forest accessibility planning based on a GIS road development algorithm and some topographically derived indices. The aim…”
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Mapping Mature Post-Agricultural Forests in the Polish Eastern Carpathians with Archival Remote Sensing Data by Jabs-Sobocińska, Zofia, Affek, Andrzej N., Ewiak, Ireneusz, Nita, Mihai Daniel

“…Post-WWII displacements in the Polish Carpathians resulted in widespread land abandonment. Most of the pre-war agricultural areas are now covered with…”
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Widespread forest cutting in the aftermath of World War II captured by broad-scale historical Corona spy satellite photography by Nita, Mihai Daniel, Munteanu, Catalina, Gutman, Garik, Abrudan, Ioan Vasile, Radeloff, Volker C.

“…Wars have major economic, political and human implications, and they can strongly affect environment and land use, not only during the conflicts, but also…”
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Historical forest management in Romania is imposing strong legacies on contemporary forests and their management by Munteanu, Catalina, Nita, Mihai Daniel, Abrudan, Ioan Vasile, Radeloff, Volker C.

“…•Historical forestry affects contemporary forest management and conservation in Romania.•Forest disturbance rates are lower now than in the…”
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Torrential flood risk assessment and environmentally friendly solutions for small catchments located in the Romania Natura 2000 sites Ciucas, Postavaru and Piatra Mare by Tudose, Nicu Constantin, Ungurean, Cezar, Davidescu, Șerban, Clinciu, Ioan, Marin, Mirabela, Nita, Mihai Daniel, Adorjani, Andrei, Davidescu, Adriana

“…The management of torrential flood risk areas located in natural protected sites requires special approaches. Also, those processes can cause casualties and…”
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Cold War spy satellite images reveal long-term declines of a philopatric keystone species in response to cropland expansion by Munteanu, Catalina, Kamp, Johannes, Nita, Mihai Daniel, Klein, Nadja, Kraemer, Benjamin M, Müller, Daniel, Koshkina, Alyona, Prishchepov, Alexander V, Kuemmerle, Tobias

“…Agricultural expansion drives biodiversity loss globally, but impact assessments are biased towards recent time periods. This can lead to a gross…”
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Forests dynamics in the montane–alpine boundary: a comparative study using satellite imagery and climate data by Dinca, Lucian, Nita, Mihai Daniel, Hofgaard, Annika, Alados, Concepcion L., Broll, Gabriele, Borz, Stelian Alexandru, Wertz, Bogdan, Monteiro, Antonio T.

“…Over the past decades, the altitudinal and latitudinal advance of forest lines has increased due to global warming and the abandonment of less productive areas…”
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The typology, frequency and magnitude of some behaviour events in case of torrential hydrographical management works in the upper Tarlung watershed by Ioan Clinciu, Ion Cătălin Petriţan, Mihai Daniel Niţă, Nicu Constantin Tudose

“…During the 20-25 years from their startup, the torrential hydrographical management works carried out in the upper Tărlung Watershed (55 dams, 22 sills, 25…”
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