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Comparison of Technical and Operational Conditions of Traditional and Modern Charcoal Kilns: A Case Study in Italy by Mencarelli, Alessio, Cavalli, Raffaele, Greco, Rosa, Grigolato, Stefano

“…The global charcoal trade is steadily growing, with high-income countries importing significant quantities of this material from regions where its production…”
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Responding to Large-Scale Forest Damage in an Alpine Environment with Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Web-GIS by Piragnolo, Marco, Pirotti, Francesco, Zanrosso, Carlo, Lingua, Emanuele, Grigolato, Stefano

“…This paper reports a semi-automated workflow for detection and quantification of forest damage from windthrow in an Alpine region, in particular from the Vaia…”
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Economic Impacts of Forest Storms—Taking Stock of After-Vaia Situation of Local Roundwood Markets in Northeastern Italy by Alberto Udali, Nicola Andrighetto, Stefano Grigolato, Paola Gatto

“…Large timber availability after storms can lead to a drop in timber prices that can impact local markets. The Vaia storm, which occurred in Northeastern Italy…”
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Soil Disturbance Induced by Silvicultural Treatment in Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) Coppice and Post-Disturbance Recovery by Rachele Venanzi, Rodolfo Picchio, Stefano Grigolato, Raffaele Spinelli

“…Chestnut forests represent an important environmental and landscape element in Europe, especially in the hill regions of southern Europe. In Italy, the total…”
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Operator Exposure to Noise and Whole-Body Vibration in a Fully Mechanised CTL Forest Harvesting System in Karst Terrain by Anton Poje, Igor Potočnik, Stefano Grigolato

“…In recent decades fully mechanised cut-to-length forest harvesting systems have spread from flat and gentle to steep and rough terrain. To analyse the…”
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Charcoal-based products combustion: Emission profiles, health exposure, and mitigation strategies by Mencarelli, Alessio, Greco, Rosa, Balzan, Stefania, Grigolato, Stefano, Cavalli, Raffaele

“…·Charcoal grilling releases high emissions deteriorating air quality.·Several factors affect the concentrations and types of pollutants emitted.·Charcoal…”
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Forwarder Productivity in Salvage Logging Operations in Difficult Terrain by Alberto Cadei, Omar Mologni, Dominik Röser, Raffaele Cavalli, Stefano Grigolato

“…Large scale windthrow salvage logging is increasing in Central Europe because of the growth of severe atmospheric events due to global heating. Sustainable…”
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Logging Residue Assessment in Salvage Logging Areas: a Case Study in the North-Eastern Italian Alps by Garollo, Lorenzo, Lingua, Emanuele, Cavalli, Raffaele, Grigolato, Stefano, Udali, Alberto

“…Salvage logging operations often occur after large disturbances and usually leave behind a substantial quantity of residues, which is fundamental for…”
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GIS Applications in Forest Operations and Road Network Planning: an Overview over the Last Two Decades by Stefano Grigolato, Raffaele Cavalli, Omar Mologni

“…A systematic literature review was settled to investigate the application of GIS in terms of methods, complexity and accuracy to support decision on forestry…”
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What Is the Current Ergonomic Condition of Chainsaws in Non-Professional Use? A Case Study to Determine Vibrations and Noises in Small-Scale Agroforestry Farms by Salvatore F. Papandrea, Maria F. Cataldo, Giuseppe Zimbalatti, Stefano Grigolato, Andrea R. Proto

“…Agroforestry or agricultural forestry is an important resource for the exploitation of wood resources commonly based on a low level of mechanization and…”
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Influence of characteristics and extension of a forest road network on the supply cost of forest woodchips by Cavalli, Raffaele, Grigolato, Stefano

“…A forest road network in northeastern Italy was explored by field investigations to evaluate the cost of covering annual demand of woodchips according to three…”
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Effects of Forwarder Operation on Soil Physical Characteristics: a Case Study in the Italian Alps by Stefano Grigolato, Francesco Neri, Rodolfo Picchio, Enrico Marchi, Martina Cambi

“…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,…”
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State of the Art on the Use of Trees as Supports and Anchors in Forest Operations by Luca Marchi, Stefano Grigolato, Omar Mologni, Roberto Scotta, Raffaele Cavalli, Lucio Montecchio

“…Tree stability assessment is fundamental to preserve the safety of both people and goods. This topic attributes high relevance to cable-supported harvesting…”
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Carbon Footprint of Forest Operations under Different Management Regimes by Raffaele Cavalli, Giulio Cosola, Pierre Ackerman, Sergio Monterotti, Stefano Grigolato

“…Different forest management regimes have different carbon footprints due to alternative operational strategies and options. Data concerning CO2 emissions (kg…”
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Assessment of cable tensile forces in active winch-assist harvesting using an anchor machine configuration by Mologni, Omar, Lyons, C. Kevin, Marchi, Luca, Amishev, Dzhamal, Grigolato, Stefano, Cavalli, Raffaele, Röser, Dominik

“…The growing interest in accessing steep terrain is pushing the expansion of the operating range of ground-based machines through winch-assist technology…”
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Skyline Tensile Forces in Cable Logging: Field Observations vs. Software Calculations by Mologni, Omar, Marchi, Luca, Lyons, Kevin C., Grigolato, Stefano, Cavalli, Raffaele, Röser, Dominik

“…Skyline tensile forces have been shown to frequently exceed the recommended safety limits during ordinary cable logging operations. Several models for skyline…”
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Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Process to Define Maintenance Priorities of Forest Road Network: an Application in the Italian Alpine Region by Stefano Grigolato, Marco Pellegrini

“…The combination of GIS tools and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) techniques is used to develop a Decision Support System to rank the maintenance priorities of…”
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Energy efficiency of a hybrid cable yarding system: A case study in the North-Eastern Italian Alps under real working conditions by Cadei, Alberto, Mologni, Omar, Marchi, Luca, Sforza, Francesco, Röser, Dominik, Cavalli, Raffaele, Grigolato, Stefano

“…In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, low emission or zero-emission technologies have been applied to light and heavyduty vehicles by adopting electric…”
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How Wood Fuels’ Quality Relates to the Standards: A Class-Modelling Approach by Zanetti, Michela, Costa, Corrado, Greco, Rosa, Grigolato, Stefano, Ottaviani Aalmo, Giovanna, Cavalli, Raffaele

“…[...]wood chips have a defined particle size produced by mechanical treatment. To verify if an increase of quality depends on standards, all the samples…”
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Correction to: Assessment of cable tensile forces in active winch-assist harvesting using an anchor machine configuration by Mologni, Omar, Lyons, C. Kevin, Marchi, Luca, Amishev, Dzhamal, Grigolato, Stefano, Cavalli, Raffaele, Röser, Dominik

“…A correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-021-01385-w…”
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