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Abstract

GIS-AHP Approach to Select the Most Suitable Extraction System in Mediterranean Oak Coppices under Environmental Constraints †

by
Damiano Tocci
1,*,
Francesco Latterini
2,
Rachele Venanzi
1,
Pierluca Gaglioppa
3 and
Rodolfo Picchio
1
1
Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Tuscia University, 01100 Viterbo, Italy
2
Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Parkowa 5, 62-035 Kórnik, Poland
3
Regional Natural Reserve Selva del Lamone, 01010 Farnese, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Presented at the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Forests—Exploring New Discoveries and New Directions in Forests, 15–31 October 2022; Available online: https://iecf2022.sciforum.net/.
Environ. Sci. Proc. 2022, 22(1), 61; https://doi.org/10.3390/IECF2022-13077
Published: 21 October 2022
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Forests—Exploring New Discoveries and New Directions in Forests)
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Abstract

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The selection of the most suitable alternative for harvesting operations is a challenging activity which is manageable via precision forest harvesting. In this study, an approach based on a combination of GIS (Geographic Information System) and AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process), which rely on geospatial data and opinions of forest engineers with a good expertise on this topic, was applied in the Natural Reserve of Lamone (Latium, Italy) to select the most suitable extraction system in the oak coppice forests of the study area. The developed approach allowed for the selection among forwarder, forestry-fitted farm tractors equipped with winch and all-terrain cable yarder. The obtained results suggested that forwarder and all-terrain cable yarder were the most suitable extraction systems. The former can be applied to the major part of the study area while the application of winch was limited to forest parcel with high forest road density. The latter can be applied as the most suitable solution only in areas with low soil-bearing capacity and on steep terrain.

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Author Contributions

Conceptualization, D.T.; methodology, D.T. and F.L.; writing—original draft preparation, D.T., F.L., P.G., R.V.; writing—review and editing, R.P; supervision, R.P. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

Data available on request from the corresponding author.

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Tocci, D.; Latterini, F.; Venanzi, R.; Gaglioppa, P.; Picchio, R. GIS-AHP Approach to Select the Most Suitable Extraction System in Mediterranean Oak Coppices under Environmental Constraints. Environ. Sci. Proc. 2022, 22, 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECF2022-13077

AMA Style

Tocci D, Latterini F, Venanzi R, Gaglioppa P, Picchio R. GIS-AHP Approach to Select the Most Suitable Extraction System in Mediterranean Oak Coppices under Environmental Constraints. Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 2022; 22(1):61. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECF2022-13077

Chicago/Turabian Style

Tocci, Damiano, Francesco Latterini, Rachele Venanzi, Pierluca Gaglioppa, and Rodolfo Picchio. 2022. "GIS-AHP Approach to Select the Most Suitable Extraction System in Mediterranean Oak Coppices under Environmental Constraints" Environmental Sciences Proceedings 22, no. 1: 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECF2022-13077

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