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GCPs-free photogrammetry for estimating tree height and crown diameter in Arizona cypress plantation using UAV-mounted GNSS RTK / Morteza Pourreza in Forests, vol 13 n° 11 (November 2022)  

Public [article]  inForests > vol 13 n° 11 (November 2022) . - n° 1905 Titre : GCPs-free photogrammetry for estimating tree height and crown diameter in Arizona cypress plantation using UAV-mounted GNSS RTK Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Morteza Pourreza, Auteur ; Fardin Moradi, Auteur ; Mohammad Khosravi, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 1905 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications photogrammétriques [Termes IGN] cupressus (genre) [Termes IGN] diamètre des arbres [Termes IGN] hauteur de vol [Termes IGN] hauteur des arbres [Termes IGN] image captée par drone [Termes IGN] Iran [Termes IGN] modèle numérique de surface de la canopée [Termes IGN] point d'appui [Termes IGN] positionnement cinématique en temps réel [Termes IGN] structure-from-motion Résumé : (auteur) One of the main challenges of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in forest data acquisition is the implementation of Ground Control Points (GCPs) as a mandatory step, which is sometimes impossible for inaccessible areas or within canopy closures. This study aimed to test the accuracy of a UAV-mounted GNSS RTK (real-time kinematic) system for calculating tree height and crown height without any GCPs. The study was conducted on a Cupressus arizonica (Greene., Arizona cypress) plantation on the Razi University Campus in Kermanshah, Iran. Arizona cypress is commonly planted as an ornamental tree. As it can tolerate harsh conditions, this species is highly appropriate for afforestation and reforestation projects. A total of 107 trees were subjected to field-measured dendrometric measurements (height and crown diameter). UAV data acquisition was performed at three altitudes of 25, 50, and 100 m using a local network RTK system (NRTK). The crown height model (CHM), derived from a digital surface model (DSM), was used to estimate tree height, and an inverse watershed segmentation (IWS) algorithm was used to estimate crown diameter. The results indicated that the means of tree height obtained from field measurements and UAV estimation were not significantly different, except for the mean values calculated at 100 m flight altitude. Additionally, the means of crown diameter reported from field measurements and UAV estimation at all flight altitudes were not statistically different. Root mean square error (RMSE Numéro de notice : A2022-838 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.3390/f13111905 Date de publication en ligne : 12/11/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/f13111905 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=102039 [article]

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)-based canopy height modeling under leaf-on and leaf-off conditions for determining tree height and crown diameter (Case study: Hyrcanian mixed forest) / Vahid Nasiri in Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Vol 51 n° 7 (July 2021)  

Public [article]  inCanadian Journal of Forest Research > Vol 51 n° 7 (July 2021) Titre : Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)-based canopy height modeling under leaf-on and leaf-off conditions for determining tree height and crown diameter (Case study: Hyrcanian mixed forest) Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Vahid Nasiri, Auteur ; Ali Asghar Darvishsefat, Auteur ; Hossein Arefi, Auteur ; Marc Pierrot-Deseilligny , Auteur ; Manochehr Namiranian, Auteur ; Arnaud Le Bris , Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Projets : 1-Pas de projet / Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications photogrammétriques [Termes IGN] diamètre des arbres [Termes IGN] filtre passe-bas [Termes IGN] hauteur des arbres [Termes IGN] image captée par drone [Termes IGN] modèle numérique de surface [Termes IGN] modèle numérique de surface de la canopée [Termes IGN] modèle numérique de terrain [Termes IGN] peuplement mélangé [Termes IGN] segmentation Résumé : (Auteur) Tree height and crown diameter are two common individual tree attributes that can be estimated from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) images thanks to photogrammetry and structure from motion. This research investigates the potential of low-cost UAV aerial images to estimate tree height and crown diameter. Two successful flights were carried out in two different seasons corresponding to leaf-off and leaf-on conditions to generate Digital Terrain Model (DTM) and Digital Surface Model (DSM), which were further employed in calculation of a Canopy Height Model (CHM). The CHM was used to estimate tree height using low pass and local maximum filters, and crown diameter was estimated based on an Invert Watershed Segmentation (IWS) algorithm. UAV-based tree height and crown diameter estimates were validated against field measurements and resulted in 3.22 m (10.1%) and 0.81 m (7.02%) RMSE, respectively. The results showed high agreement between our estimates and field measurements, with R2=0.808 for tree height and R2=0.923 for crown diameter. Generally, the accuracy of the results was considered acceptable and confirmed the usefulness of this approach for estimating tree heights and crown diameter. Numéro de notice : A2021-296 Affiliation des auteurs : UGE-LASTIG+Ext (2020- ) Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1139/cjfr-2020-0125 Date de publication en ligne : 26/01/2021 En ligne : https://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2020-0125 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97376 [article]

The social drift of trees. Consequence for growth trend detection, stand dynamics, and silviculture / Hans Pretzsch in European Journal of Forest Research, vol 140 n° 3 (June 2021)  

Public [article]  inEuropean Journal of Forest Research > vol 140 n° 3 (June 2021) . - pp 703 - 719 Titre : The social drift of trees. Consequence for growth trend detection, stand dynamics, and silviculture Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Hans Pretzsch, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : pp 703 - 719 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] Allemagne [Termes IGN] diamètre des arbres [Termes IGN] dynamique de la végétation [Termes IGN] Fagus sylvatica [Termes IGN] modèle de croissance végétale [Vedettes matières IGN] Foresterie Résumé : (auteur) Recently, many studies worldwide tapped tree ring pattern for detection of growth events and trends caused by weather extremes and climate change. As long-term experiments with permanent survey of all trees are rare, growth trend analyses are mostly based on retrospective measurements of growth via increment coring or stem analyses of the remaining individual trees in older forest stands. However, the growth of the survivor trees in older stands may only unsufficiently represent the course of growth of the dominant trees throughout the stand development. Here, the more than 100 years survey data of the European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) thinning experiment Fabrikschleichach in South Germany are used to show the long-term changes in social ranking of trees and their consequences for growth trend detection by retrospective tree ring analyses, for stand dynamics and silvicultural management. Firstly, a significant social upwards drift of initially medium-sized trees till 2010 is shown based on the trees' percentiles in the stem diameter distribution in 1904 versus 2010. The social climbing is stronger on the thinned compared to the unthinned plots. Secondly, we show that 40–60% of the 100 tallest trees in 1904 were replaced by social climbers and down-ranked below the 100 tallest trees till 2010. Linear mixed model analyses reveal that the long-term trend of the diameter growth of the 100 dominant survivors in 2010 was on average by 23% steeper than the trend of the 100 tallest starters in 1904. This indicates that the survivors had a steeper and longer lasting growth than the originally dominant trees. Thirdly, the diameter growth trend in the last 20 years, from 1990 to 2010, is analyzed in dependency on the current and past social position. A linear model shows that early subdominance or suppression can significantly steepen the growth trend a century later and vice versa. Finally, we discuss the implications of the social drift for the survivor-based growth trend analyses, for the stand dynamics, and silvicultural management. Numéro de notice : A2021-979 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s10342-020-01351-y Date de publication en ligne : 12/02/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-020-01351-y Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100961 [article]

Mixture effect on radial stem and shoot growth differs and varies with temperature / Maude Toïgo in Forest ecology and management, vol 488 (May-15 2021)  

Public [article]  inForest ecology and management > vol 488 (May-15 2021) . - n° 119046 Titre : Mixture effect on radial stem and shoot growth differs and varies with temperature Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Maude Toïgo, Auteur ; Gaël Ledoux, Auteur ; Soline Martin-Blangy, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 119046 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] Abies alba [Termes IGN] Alpes (France) [Termes IGN] climat [Termes IGN] croissance des arbres [Termes IGN] diamètre des arbres [Termes IGN] échantillonnage [Termes IGN] Fagus sylvatica [Termes IGN] forêt tempérée [Termes IGN] houppier [Termes IGN] indice de stress [Termes IGN] peuplement mélangé [Termes IGN] Quercus pubescens [Termes IGN] température [Vedettes matières IGN] Sylviculture Résumé : (auteur) The effect of species diversity on forest productivity and its temporal stability is known to be species-, climate- and site- dependent and is mostly apprehended through stem diameter. Therefore, it remains largely unknown whether the mixture effect on the growth of tree crowns is similar to its effect on the growth of tree diameter. However, it is commonly accepted that changes in crown architecture are an important component of tree response to tree species diversity. Moreover, the mixture effect on species is often asymmetric, i.e. the effect of a species A on a species B is not equal to the effect of species B on A. It then appears that considering the effects of both species mixture and climate on shoot growth could contrast the results coming mainly from stem growth. We studied the effects of tree species mixture and temperature on the annual growth of shoots and basal area of stems in Fagus sylvatica-Quercus pubescens and Fagus sylvatica-Abies alba stands along a Mediterranean-Alpine gradient, for four years in five sites. The sample design was organized in 10 triplets: four triplets of mono- and bi-specific plots of Quercus pubescens and Fagus sylvatica and six triplets of mono- and bi-specific plots of Abies alba and Fagus sylvatica along an altitudinal gradient ranging from 725 m to 1431 m. We found that the mixture effect on annual shoot volume increment (SVI) and on basal area increment (BAI) was asymmetrical in seven out of 10 cases and not significant in the three remaining cases. Mixture effect on SVI ranked from −56% to 157% and on BAI it ranked from −40% to 252%. Eventually we found that mixture effect was dependent on the type of limiting factor for growth, with at the driest sites a predominance of competition effects and at the coldest site a positive mixture effect on the two species studied. Branch growth appears as a variable that can be at least as informative as radial growth regarding the tree response to species interactions. This implies that considering only stem diameter in the diversity-productivity relationship can lead to biased conclusions on the global mixture effect on tree growth, which calls for a comprehensive approach of the tree response to tree species diversity. Our results are discussed in the light of the species stress tolerances and strategies to cope with competition. Numéro de notice : A2021-357 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119046 Date de publication en ligne : 26/02/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119046 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97615 [article]

Comparison of two parameter recovery methods for the transformation of Pinus sylvestris yield tables into a diameter distribution model / Francisco Mauro in Annals of Forest Science, vol 78 n° 1 (March 2021)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of Forest Science > vol 78 n° 1 (March 2021) . - n° 12 Titre : Comparison of two parameter recovery methods for the transformation of Pinus sylvestris yield tables into a diameter distribution model Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Francisco Mauro, Auteur ; Antonio Garcia-Abril, Auteur ; Esperanza Ayuga-Téllez, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 12 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] analyse comparative [Termes IGN] croissance des arbres [Termes IGN] densité de la végétation [Termes IGN] diamètre à hauteur de poitrine [Termes IGN] diamètre des arbres [Termes IGN] distribution spatiale [Termes IGN] Espagne [Termes IGN] Pinus sylvestris [Termes IGN] structure d'un peuplement forestier [Vedettes matières IGN] Sylviculture Résumé : (auteur) Key message: We successfully transformed Pinus sylvestris yield tables into diameter distribution models. The best results were obtained with the parameter recovery method based on both mean and quadratic mean diameter, which explained 70% of the variability of frequencies by diameter classes and provided better results in the analysis of errors. On the other hand, the method based on stand density, dominant diameter and quadratic mean diameter explained less variability of frequencies by diameter classes (64.4%). Context: Old datasets used to develop yield table models can be recovered to transform those yield tables into diameter distribution models that provide a more detailed description of size variability and forest structure. Methods: We compared two different parameter recovery methods, one based on both mean and quadratic mean diameter and another one based on dominant diameter, stand density and quadratic mean diameter and used a set of 104 even aged plots to analyze the performance of the said methods for the transformation of Pinus sylvestris L yield tables in central Spain into a diameter distribution model. Results: The parameter recovery method based on both mean and quadratic mean diameter explained 70% of the variability of frequencies by diameter classes and provided better results than the method based on stand density, dominant diameter and quadratic mean diameter that explained 64.4% of the variability of frequencies by diameter classes. However, more important than the method itself were the errors that propagated from the models predicting the different variables used in the parameter recovery. Conclusion: Based on the results from the analysis of errors by diameter classes, the method using both mean and quadratic mean diameter outperformed the method using dominant diameter, stand density and quadratic mean diameter and is the best option to transform P. sylvestris yield tables into diameter distribution models. Numéro de notice : A2021-164 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s13595-021-01028-5 Date de publication en ligne : 28/01/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-021-01028-5 Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97094 [article]

Tree mortality in the dynamics and management of uneven-aged Norway spruce stands in southern Finland / Sauli Valkonen in European Journal of Forest Research, vol 139 n° 6 (December 2020)  

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Homogeneous tree height derivation from tree crown delineation using Seeded Region Growing (SRG) segmentation / Muhamad Farid Ramli in Geo-spatial Information Science, vol 23 n° 3 (September 2020)  

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Use of non-destructive test methods on Irish hardwood standing trees and small-diameter round timber for prediction of mechanical properties / Daniel F. Llana in Annals of Forest Science, vol 77 n° 3 (September 2020)  

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Ecology and management of northern red oak (Quercus rubra L. syn. Q. borealis F. Michx.) in Europe: a review / Valeriu-Norocel Nicolescu in Forestry, an international journal of forest research, vol 93 n° 4 (July 2020)  

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A century of National Forest Inventory in Norway – informing past, present, and future decisions / Johannes Breidenbach in Forest ecosystems, vol 7 (2020)  

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How far can we trust forestry estimates from low-density LiDAR acquisitions? The Cutfoot Sioux experimental forest (MN, USA) case study / Enrico Borgogno Mondino in International Journal of Remote Sensing IJRS, vol 41 n° 12 (20 - 30 March 2020)  

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Predicting carbon accumulation in temperate forests of Ontario, Canada using a LiDAR-initialized growth-and-yield model / Paulina T. Marczak in Remote sensing, vol 12 n° 1 (January 2020)  

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How do trees respond to species mixing in experimental compared to observational studies? / Stephan Kambach in Ecology and evolution, vol 9 n° 19 (October 2019)  

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Size-density trajectories for even-aged sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) and common beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) stands revealing similarities and differences in the mortality process / François Ningre in Annals of Forest Science, Vol 76 n° 3 (September 2019)  

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The utility of terrestrial photogrammetry for assessment of tree volume and taper in boreal mixedwood forests / Christopher Mulverhill in Annals of Forest Science, Vol 76 n° 3 (September 2019)  

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