The determination of some stand parameters using SfM-based spatial 3D point cloud in forestry studies: An analysis of data production in pure coniferous young forest …

S Gülci - Environmental monitoring and assessment, 2019 - Springer
Benefiting from current unmanned air vehicle (UAV) and remote sensing techniques, the
present study aims to estimate tree count (TC), tree height (TH), and tree crown cover area …

[PDF][PDF] Capabilities of using UAVs in forest road construction activities

E Buğday - European journal of forest engineering, 2018 - dergipark.org.tr
The forests in Turkey is classified and managed according to their functions within the
framework of Ecosystem Based Multi-Purpose Planning policy. It is very important to ensure …

Europe's potential wood supply by harvesting system

C Pucher, G Erber, H Hasenauer - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
Forests cover about 1/3 of Europe's land area and are an important source in providing
goods and services such as timber, drinking water, biodiversity, and carbon storage. They …

A novel smartphone-based activity recognition modeling method for tracked equipment in forest operations

RM Becker, RF Keefe - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Activity recognition modelling using smartphone Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) is an
underutilized resource defining and assessing work efficiency for a wide range of natural …

Use of smartphone sensors to quantify the productive cycle elements of hand fallers on industrial cable logging operations

RF Keefe, EG Zimbelman… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Analysis of time and motion study data is central to forest operations, but current methods
used to study work cycles are limited in the breadth and depth of available predictor …

The harvest operability index (HOI): a Decision support tool for mechanized timber harvesting in mountainous terrain

K Phelps, P Hiesl, D Hagan, A Hotaling Hagan - Forests, 2021 - mdpi.com
Forest operations have become increasingly reliant on mechanized harvesting equipment
due to their increased production capacities in competitive markets. However, operating …

Development of activity recognition models for mechanical fuel treatments using consumer-grade GNSS-RF devices and lidar

RM Becker, RF Keefe - Forestry: An International Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Mobile technologies are rapidly advancing the field of forest operations and providing
opportunities to quantify management tasks in new ways through increased digitalization …

Prediction of fuel loading following mastication treatments in forest stands in North Idaho, USA

RM Becker, RF Keefe - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fuel reduction in forests is a high management priority in the western United States and
mechanical mastication treatments are implemented common to achieve that goal. However …

[PDF][PDF] REMOTE SENSING TO INFORM PRECISION FORESTRY MANAGEMENT IN P. RADIATA PLANTATIONS

GAG Acuna - 2024 - open.library.ubc.ca
The increasing global demand for timber and pulp has intensified the management of
fastgrowing plantation species like Pinus (pine), with Precision Forestry (PF) emerging as a …

There's more to harvesting than green timber and sawlogs: Engineering forest operations for 21st-century forest management

A Watts, NN Anderson, J Hogland… - Science You Can …, 2022 - research.fs.usda.gov
For most of the 20th century, a primary objective of forest operations on federal public lands
was supplying green timber to the forest products industry for manufacturing lumber and …