Skill-For.Action

Project Information

Skill-For.Action

Grant agreement ID: 956355

DOI

10.3030/956355

Project closed

EC signature date 17 August 2020

Start date 1 January 2021

End date 30 June 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost

€ 2 941 423,64

EU contribution

€ 2 688 635,24

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
Italy

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Deliverables

Other (11)

Training activity agenda (from month 20 to month 31)
ESR guideline: project and training strategy, coordination and right and obligations of the ESR
Data Management Plan (Open Research Data Pilot)
Working plan
Communication strategy plan
Training activity agenda (from month 8 to month 19)
Web-page publication
Skill-For.Action leaflet (project presentation and aims)
ESRs vacancies posted
Kick-off meeting minutes
Short report on training activities (from month 8 to month 19)

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (36)

The role of validation in optimization models for forest management

Author(s): Jitka Janová, Kai Bödeker, Logan Bingham, Mengistie Kindu, Thomas Knoke
Published in: Annals of Forest Science, Issue 81, 2024, ISSN 1297-966X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/s13595-024-01235-w

Exploring the reliability of CAN-bus data in assessing forwarder rolling resistance under real working conditions

Author(s): F Guerra, S Marzini, F Sforza, T Wagner, F Marinello, S Grigolato
Published in: iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, Issue 17, 2024, Page(s) 360-369, ISSN 1971-7458
Publisher: The Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)
DOI: 10.3832/ifor4687-017

TLidar-based crown shape indicates tree ring pattern in Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst) trees across competition gradients. A modeling and methodological approach

Author(s): Shamim Ahmed; Hans Pretzsch
Published in: Ecological indicators, 2023, ISSN 1470-160X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110116

Contrasting Regeneration Patterns in Abies alba-Dominated Stands: Insights from Structurally Diverse Mountain Forests across Europe

Author(s): Bohdan Kolisnyk, Camilla Wellstein, Marcin Czacharowski, Stanisław Drozdowski, Kamil Bielak
Published in: Forests, Issue 15, 2024, Page(s) 1182, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/f15071182

Canopy nitrogen application effects on Quercus petraea L. and Fagus sylvatica L. ring width and wood density

Author(s): Daniel Minikaev, Maurizio Ventura, Giustino Tonon, Enno Uhl, Dario Ravaioli, Przemysław A. Jankowski, Camilla Wellstein
Published in: European Journal of Forest Research, 2024, ISSN 1612-4669
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-024-01693-x

Linking the quantitative and qualitative approaches to assessing tree size diversity using silver fir Abies alba Mill. stands in the Zagnańsk Forest District

Author(s): Bohdan Kolisnyk, Bogdan Brzeziecki, Przemysław Andrzej Jankowski, Stanisław Drozdowski, Kamil Bielak
Published in: Sylwan, Issue 168 (12), 2024, Page(s) 863-886, ISSN 0039-7660
Publisher: Polish Forestry Society
DOI: 10.26202/sylwan.2024057

Carbon dynamics and potential nutrient limitations in an oak forest under experimental canopy nitrogen deposition

Author(s): Daniel Minikaev, Giustino Tonon, Maurizio Ventura, Flavio Fornasier, Luca Da Ros, Ben du Toit, Camilla Wellstein
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 994, 2025, Page(s) 180027, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180027

Comment on ‘In complexity we trust: learning from the socialist calculation debate for ecosystem management’

Author(s): Logan Robert Bingham, Lucy Van Kleunen, Bohdan Kolisnyk, Olha Nahorna, Frederico Tupinambà-Simões, Keith Reynolds, Rasoul Yousefpour, Thomas Knoke
Published in: Environmental Research Letters, Issue 19, 2023, Page(s) 018002, ISSN 1748-9326
Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad0efb

Auctioning approaches for ecosystem services– Evidence and applications

Author(s): Mengistie Kindu; Logan Robert Bingham; Trang Le Ngoc Mai; José G. Borges; Jens Abildtrup; Thomas Knoke
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 853, 2022, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158534

Opportunity to integrate machine management data, soil, terrain and climatic variables to estimate tree harvester and forwarder performance

Author(s): Filippo Guerra, Alberto Udali, Thilo Wagner, Francesco Marinello, Stefano Grigolato
Published in: Annals of Forest Research, Issue 67, 2024, Page(s) 95-114, ISSN 1844-8135
Publisher: Forest Research and Management Institute
DOI: 10.15287/afr.2024.3338

Optimizing tree selection for planning cable yarding operations: a multi-objective modelling approach

Author(s): Francesco Sforza, Martin Ziesak, Emanuele Lingua, Michael Starke
Published in: Forest Ecology and Management, Issue 578, 2025, Page(s) 122489, ISSN 0378-1127
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2024.122489

Enhanced interannual drought resilience in mixed stands: unveiling possible complementarity effects between tree species of the Spanish Northern Plateau

Author(s): Przemysław A. Jankowski, Rafael Calama, Guillermo Madrigal, Marta Pardos
Published in: European Journal of Forest Research, 2024, ISSN 1612-4669
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-024-01685-x

Efficiency Assessment of Fully Mechanized Harvesting System through the Use of Fleet Management System

Author(s): Bacescu Narcis Mihail, Cadei Alberto, Moskalik Tadeusz, Wisniewski Mateusz, Talbot Bruce, Grigolato Stefano
Published in: Sustainability, 2022, ISSN 2071-1050
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/su142416751

Salinity reduces site quality and mangrove forest functions. From monitoring to understanding

Author(s): Shamim Ahmed, Swapan Kumar Sarker, Daniel A. Friess, Md. Kamruzzaman, Martin Jacobs, Md. Akramul Islam, Md. Azharul Alam, Mohammad Jamil Suvo, Md. Nasir Hossain Sani, Tanmoy Dey, Clement Sullibie Saagulo Naabeh, Hans Pretzsch
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 853, 2024, Page(s) 158662, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158662

How biotic, abiotic, and functional variables drive belowground soil carbon stocks along stress gradient in the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest?

Author(s): Shamim Ahmed, Swapan Kumar Sarker, Md Kamruzzaman, Juthika Afneen Ema, Clement Sullibie Saagulo Naabeh, Eric Cudjoe, Faqrul Islam Chowdhury, Hans Pretzsch
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 337, 2024, Page(s) 117772, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117772

Neighborhood competition modulates the link between crown structure and tree ring variability in monospecific and mixed forest stands

Author(s): Shamim Ahmed, Torben Hilmers, Enno Uhl, Martin Jacobs, Luke Bohnhorst, Bohdan Kolisnyk, Miren del Río, Hans Pretzsch
Published in: Forest Ecology and Management, Issue 560, 2024, Page(s) 121839, ISSN 0378-1127
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121839

Allometric equations for biomass and carbon pool estimation in short rotation Pinus radiata stands of the Western Cape, South Africa

Author(s): Louis Otto Pienaar, Rafael Calama, Jorge Olivar, Camilla Wellstein, Hans Pretzsch, Ben du Toit
Published in: European Journal of Forest Research, 2024, ISSN 1612-4669
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-024-01730-9

Maximizing the economic benefit for cable yarding timber harvesting operations by spatially optimizing tree selection

Author(s): Francesco Sforza, Michael Starke, Patrick Dietsch, Peter Thür, Emanuele Lingua, Martin Ziesak
Published in: European Journal of Forest Research, 2024, ISSN 1612-4669
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-024-01700-1

Opportunity Costs of In Situ Carbon Storage Derived by Multiple-Objective Stand-Level Optimization—Results from Case Studies in Portugal and Germany

Author(s): Mengistie Kindu,Logan Robert Bingham, José G. Borges, Susete Marques, Olha Nahorna, Jeannette Eggers, Thomas Knoke
Published in: Land, 2022, ISSN 2073-445X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/land11112085

Assessing the suitability of under-represented tree species for multifunctional forest management—an example using economic return and biodiversity indicators

Author(s): Benjamin Gang, Logan Bingham, Elizabeth Gosling, Thomas Knoke
Published in: Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, Issue 97, 2024, Page(s) 255-266, ISSN 0015-752X
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpad038

Assessing the Performance of a Handheld Laser Scanning System for Individual Tree Mapping—A Mixed Forests Showcase in Spain

Author(s): Frederico Tupinambá-Simões, Adrián Pascual, Juan Guerra-Hernández, Cristóbal Ordóñez, Tiago de Conto, Felipe Bravo
Published in: Remote Sensing, Issue 15, 2024, Page(s) 1169, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs15051169

Large differences between observed and expected Ecuadorian deforestation from 2001 to 2009: a counterfactual simulation approach

Author(s): Baltazar Calvas, Luz Maria Castro, Mengistie Kindu, Logan Bingham, Karla Pintado, Jonathan Torres Celi, Thomas Knoke, Jorge Cueva-Ortiz
Published in: Regional Environmental Change, Issue 24, 2024, ISSN 1436-3798
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-024-02253-0

Towards resource‐efficient forests: Mixing species changes crown biomass allocation and improves growth efficiency

Author(s): Torben Hilmers, Lauri Mehtätalo, Kamil Bielak, Gediminas Brazaitis, Miren del Río, Ricardo Ruiz‐Peinado, Gerhard Schmied, Enno Uhl, Hans Pretzsch
Published in: PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Issue 7, 2024, Page(s) 117-132, ISSN 2572-2611
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10562

The influence of discounting ecosystem services in robust multi-objective optimization – An application to a forestry-avocado land-use portfolio

Author(s): Isabelle Jarisch; Kai Bödeker; Logan Robert Bingham; Stefan Friedrich; Mengistie Kindu; Thomas Knoke
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 141, 2022, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102761

Structural diversity and carbon stock of forest stands: tradeoff as modified by silvicultural thinning

Author(s): Hans Pretzsch, Torben Hilmers
Published in: European Journal of Forest Research, 2024, ISSN 1612-4669
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-024-01691-z

From suppressed to dominant: 3D crown shapes explain the “to grow or wait” growth behavior in close-to-nature forests

Author(s): Shamim Ahmed, Torben Hilmers, Enno Uhl, Frederico Tupinambá-Simões, Cristóbal Ordóñez, Felipe Bravo, Miren del Río, Richard L. Peters, Hans Pretzsch
Published in: Forest Ecology and Management, Issue 592, 2025, Page(s) 122814, ISSN 0378-1127
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122814

Combining hand-held and drone-based lidar for forest carbon monitoring: insights from a Mediterranean mixed forest in central Portugal

Author(s): Frederico Tupinambá-Simões, Adrián Pascual, Juan Guerra-Hernández, Cristóbal Ordóñez, Susana Barreiro, Felipe Bravo
Published in: European Journal of Forest Research, 2025, ISSN 1612-4669
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-025-01772-7

Modelling full stems skidding in northeast Italian Alps through engine data acquisition and analysis

Author(s): Narcis Mihail Bacescu, Omar Piol, Bruce Talbot, Luca Marchi, Stefano Grigolato
Published in: European Journal of Forest Research, 2025, ISSN 1612-4669
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-025-01811-3

Accuracy of tree mapping based on hand-held laser scanning comparing leaf-on and leaf-off conditions in mixed forests

Author(s): Frederico Tupinambá-Simões, Adrián Pascual, Juan Guerra-Hernández, Cristóbal Ordóñez, Tiago de Conto, Felipe Bravo
Published in: Journal of Forestry Research, Issue 35, 2024, ISSN 1007-662X
Publisher: Northeast Forestry University
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-024-01747-1

The effect of structural diversity on the self-thinning line, yield level, and density-growth relationship in even-aged stands of Norway spruce

Author(s): Hans Pretzsch, Torben Hilmers, Miren del Río
Published in: Forest Ecology and Management, Issue 556, 2024, Page(s) 121736, ISSN 0378-1127
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121736

Tree size diversity can enhance the drought resilience of Abies alba Mill. in the European mountain forests

Author(s): Bohdan Kolisnyk, Marcin Czacharowski, Logan Bingham, Camilla Wellstein, Enno Uhl, Stanisław Drozdowski, Kamil Bielak
Published in: Forest Ecology and Management, Issue 589, 2025, Page(s) 122765, ISSN 0378-1127
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122765

Unleashing the Power of Plant Structural and Functional Diversity: From Common Observations to Theory and Management Models

Author(s): Felipe Bravo, Wopke van der Werf, Roberto Tognetti, Noemí Mazía, Niels P. R. Anten, María‐Victoria Piazza, Enrico Tomelleri, Hans Pretzsch
Published in: Food and Energy Security, Issue 13, 2024, ISSN 2048-3694
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/fes3.70005

Improving phenological event identification in trees using manually measured dendrometer data: conventional approaches vs. the novel two-stage threshold approach

Author(s): Przemysław A. Jankowski, Rafael Calama, Jorge Aldea, Matías García, Guillermo Madrigal, Marta Pardos
Published in: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Issue 8, 2025, ISSN 2624-893X
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2025.1589579

Improving forest decision-making through complex system representation: A viability theory perspective

Author(s): Clémence Labarre, Jean-Christophe Domec, Pablo Andrés-Domenech, Kai Bödeker, Logan Bingham, Denis Loustau
Published in: Forest Policy and Economics, Issue 170, 2025, Page(s) 103384, ISSN 1389-9341
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103384

Evaluating Variables’ Influence on Forwarder Performance and Fuel Efficiency in Mountain Salvage Logging Using an Automatic Work-Element Detection Method

Author(s): Narcis Mihail Bacescu, Sebastiano Hueller, Luca Marchi, Stefano Grigolato
Published in: Forests, Issue 15, 2024, Page(s) 2169, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/f15122169

Training a new generation of researchers for effective forest management strategies under the effect of global warming: the ETN Skill-For.Action

Author(s): Stefano Grigolato
Published in: The Project Repository Journal, Issue 11, 2021, Page(s) 92-95, ISSN 2632-4067
Publisher: European Dissemination Media Agency Limited
DOI: 10.54050/prj1117749

Conference proceedings (1)

Prediction of Fuel Consumption in Forest Machines with the Application of Experimentable Digital Twins

Author(s): Bharadwaj Abhay, Schluse Michael, Wahl, Arthur, Roßmann Jürgen
Published in: ESM - European Simulation and Modelling Conference, Issue October 26, 2023, 2023
Publisher: EUROSIS
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16737968

Other (2)

Assessing forwarder rolling resistance during salvage logging in mountain forest (Pre-print)

Author(s): Filippo Guerra, Alberto Udali, Thilo Wagner, Francesco Marinello, Stefano Grigolato
Published in: Pre-print submitted to Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering, 2025
Publisher: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16736924

Virtual Reality and Digital Twin for the Simulation of Forestry Operations

Author(s): Bharadwaj, Abhay
Published in: Sherwood, Foreste e Alberi Oggi, 2023
Publisher: Compagnia delle Foreste
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16731667

Non-peer reviewed articles (1)

Ökosystemleistungen und finanzielle Diskontierung (Ecosystem services and financial discounting)

Author(s): Logan Bingham; Benjamin Gang,; Sebastian Kienlein
Published in: AFZ-DerWald, Issue biweekly, 2022, ISSN 1430-2713
Publisher: AFZ-DerWald
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7676790