“…of Agriculture, University of Sassari, v. Cristoforo Colombo 1, I-08100 Nuoro (Italy); (9) Dept. of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, v. S. Bonaventura 13, 50145 Firenze (Italy); (10) Direzione Protezione Civile e Polizia locale, Regione Veneto, Marghera, VE (Italy); (11) University of Sassari, Dip.to di Agraria, Sassari (Italy); (12) Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC) -IAFES Division, Sassari (Italy); (13) Independent researcher, Agricultural High School "Duca degli Abruzzi", v. Merlin 1, Padova (Italy) @ @ Giorgio Vacchiano (gvacchiano@gmail.com) (Salis et al 2013, Vacchiano et al 2014. A quantitative characterization of fuels in Italian forests, shrublands and grasslands is the first step towards developing harmonized fuel datasets to support fire management decisions and calibrating fuel inputs for fire software applications and DSS used by professionals and researchers (Bacciu et al 2009.…”