Re-engineering firewood extraction in traditional Mediterranean coppice stands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-50

  Magagnotti, Natascia ^a   Pari, Luigi ^b   Spinelli, Raffaele ^a  

^a CNR IVALSA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coppice; Economics; Logging; Mules

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF GRAVITY; COMPACT TRACTORS; COPPICE; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MULES; NARROW WIDTH; OPERATOR SAFETY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ECONOMICS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK);

ANIMALS;

COPPICE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; HORSE; LOGGING (TIMBER); MACHINERY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OPTIMIZATION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

COPPICE; ECONOMICS; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LOGGING; TRACTORS; WOOD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 82055165551     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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