Historical maps improve the identification of forests with potentially high conservation value

E Grabska‐Szwagrzyk, M Jakiel, W Keeton… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 aims to better protect natural ecosystems with
high biodiversity and climate change mitigation potential. To achieve this goal, it is crucial to …

An operational UAV-based approach for stand-level assessment of soil disturbance after forest harvesting

B Talbot, J Rahlf, R Astrup - Scandinavian Journal of Forest …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The effectiveness of generating virtual transects on unmanned aerial vehicle-derived
orthomosaics was evaluated in estimating the extent of soil disturbance by severity class …

The use of LiDAR in reconstructing the pre‐World War II landscapes of abandoned mountain villages in southern Poland

AN Affek, J Wolski, A Latocha… - Archaeological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The cessation of most human activities resulting from post‐World War II expulsions and
forced displacements in Central Europe triggered massive land cover transformation in …

Importance of Cultural Ecosystem Services for Cultural Identity and Wellbeing in the Lower Engadine, Switzerland

A Kosanic, K Lambers, S Galata, K Kothieringer… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Current climate and environmental changes have brought unprecedented rates of change to
mountain ecosystems. These changes are impacting the provisioning of ecosystem services …

Small peatland with a big story: 600-year paleoecological and historical data from a kettle-hole peatland in Western Russia

A Mroczkowska, P Kittel, K Marcisz… - The …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Peatlands are important records of past environmental changes. Based on a multiproxy
analysis, the main factors influencing the evolution of a peatland can be divided into …

Remote measuring of the depth of wheel ruts in forest terrain using a drone

E Marra, R Wictorsson, J Bohlin, E Marchi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Even at a well-managed harvesting site, vehicle trafficking occurs on at least 12% of the
area and might cause ruts and compaction. The use of drones for inventory and mapping in …

Mapping roadless areas in regions with contrasting human footprint

MT Hoffmann, K Ostapowicz, K Bartoń, PL Ibisch… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
In an increasingly human-and road-dominated world, the preservation of functional
ecosystems has become highly relevant. While the negative ecological impacts of roads on …

Sediment variability in a small catchment of the Polish Western Carpathians during transition from centrally planned to free-market economics

M Kijowska-Strugała - Geomorphology, 2019 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to analyse suspended sediment (SS) transport in a small
catchment (13 km 2) located in the Polish Carpathians affected by various forms of human …

Logging trail segmentation via a novel U-Net convolutional neural network and high-density laser scanning data

O Abdi, J Uusitalo, VP Kivinen - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Logging trails are one of the main components of modern forestry. However, spotting the
accurate locations of old logging trails through common approaches is challenging and time …

Methodology for assessing and managing the environmental performance of skidding and feller buncher tractors

I Grigorev, O Kunickaya, E Tikhonov, E Hertz… - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Systematic assessments on the effects of skidding systems on features of forest blueberry
pine soil were conducted as part of this study. Assessing the ecological efficiency of forest …