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How large-scale bark beetle infestations influence the protective effects of forest stands against avalanches: A case study in the Swiss Alps / Marion E. Caduff in Forest ecology and management, vol 514 (June-15 2022)  

Public [article]  inForest ecology and management > vol 514 (June-15 2022) . - n° 120201 Titre : How large-scale bark beetle infestations influence the protective effects of forest stands against avalanches: A case study in the Swiss Alps Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Marion E. Caduff, Auteur ; Natalie Brožová, Auteur ; Andrea D. Kupferschmid, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 120201 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de télédétection [Termes IGN] Alpes [Termes IGN] avalanche [Termes IGN] bois mort [Termes IGN] dépérissement [Termes IGN] image à haute résolution [Termes IGN] modèle de simulation [Termes IGN] orthophotographie [Termes IGN] protection des forêts [Termes IGN] régénération (sylviculture) [Termes IGN] risque naturel [Termes IGN] santé des forêts [Termes IGN] Scolytinae [Termes IGN] Suisse [Termes IGN] xylophage Résumé : (auteur) Large-scale bark beetle outbreaks in spruce dominated mountain forests have increased in recent decades, and this trend is expected to continue in the future. These outbreaks have immediate and major effects on forest structure and ecosystem services. However, it remains unclear how forests recover from bark beetle infestations over the long term, and how different recovery stages fulfil the capacity of forests to protect infrastructures and human lives from natural hazards. The aim of this study was to investigate how a bark beetle infestation (1992–1997) in a spruce dominated forest in the Swiss Alps changed the forest structure and its protective function against snow avalanches. In 2020, i.e. 27 years after the peak of the outbreak, we re-surveyed the composition and height of new trees, as well as the deadwood height and degree of decay in an area that had been surveyed 20 years earlier. With the help of remote sensing data and avalanche simulations, we assessed the protective effect against avalanches before the disturbances (in 1985) and in 1997, 2007, 2014 and 2019 for a frequent (30-year return period) and an extreme (300-year return period) avalanche scenario. Post-disturbance regeneration led to a young forest that was again dominated by spruce 27 years after the outbreak, with median tree heights of 3–4 m and a crown cover of 10–30%. Deadwood covered 20–25% of the forest floor and was mainly in decay stages two and three out of five. Snags had median heights of 1.4 m, leaning logs 0.5 m and lying logs 0.3 m. The protective effect of the forest was high before the bark beetle outbreak and decreased during the first years of infestation (until 1997), mainly in the case of extreme avalanche events. The protective capacity reached an overall minimum in 2007 as a result of many forest openings. It partially recovered by 2014 and further increased by 2019, thanks to forest regeneration. Simulation results and a lack of avalanche releases since the infestation indicate that the protective capacity of post-disturbance forest stands affected by bark beetle may often be underestimated. Numéro de notice : A2022-349 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120201 Date de publication en ligne : 08/04/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120201 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100536 [article]

Landsat-based monitoring of southern pine beetle infestation severity and severity change in a temperate mixed forest / Ran Meng in Remote sensing of environment, vol 269 (February 2022)  

Public [article]  inRemote sensing of environment > vol 269 (February 2022) . - n° 112847 Titre : Landsat-based monitoring of southern pine beetle infestation severity and severity change in a temperate mixed forest Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Ran Meng, Auteur ; Renjie Gao, Auteur ; Feng Zhao, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 112847 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de télédétection [Termes IGN] analyse spatiale [Termes IGN] dépérissement [Termes IGN] forêt tempérée [Termes IGN] image Landsat-8 [Termes IGN] insecte nuisible [Termes IGN] mortalité [Termes IGN] peuplement mélangé [Termes IGN] Scolytinae [Termes IGN] signature spectrale [Termes IGN] surveillance forestière [Termes IGN] xylophage Résumé : (auteur) The recent northward expansion of Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) outbreaks associated with warming winters has caused extensive tree mortality in temperate pine forests, significantly affecting forest dynamics, structure, and functioning. Spatially-explicit early warning and detection of SPB-induced tree mortality is critical for timely and sustainable forest management practices. The unique contributions of remote sensing technologies to mapping the location, extent, and severity of beetle outbreaks, as well as assisting in analyzing the potential drivers for outbreak predictions, have been well recognized. However, little is known about the performance of moderate resolution satellite multispectral imagery for early warning and detection of SPB-induced tree mortality. Thus, we conducted this study, as the first attempt, to capture the spatial-temporal patterns of SPB infestation severity at the regional scale and to understand the underlying environmental drivers in a spatially-explicit manner. First, we explored the spectral signatures of SPB-killed trees based on 30-m plot measurements and Landsat-8 imagery. Then, to improve detection accuracy for areas with low-moderate SPB infestation severity, we added spectral-temporal anomaly information in the form of a linear trend of the spectral index trajectory to a previously developed approach. The best overall accuracy increased from 84.7% to 90.1% and the best Macro F1 value increased from 0.832 to 0.900. Next, we compared the performances of spectral indices in mapping SPB infestation severity (i.e., % red stage within the 30-m grid cell). The results showed that the combination of Normalized Difference Moisture Index and Tasseled Cap Greenness had the best performance for mapping SPB infestation severity (2016: R2 = 0.754; RSME = 15.7; 2017: R2 = 0.787; RSME = 12.4). Finally, we found that climatic and landscape variables can explain the detected patterns of SPB infestation from 2014 to 2017 in our study area (R2 = 0.751; RSME = 9.67), providing valuable insights on possible predictors for early warning of SPB infestation. Specifically, in our study area, winter dew point temperature was found to be one of the most important predictors, followed by SPB infestation locations in the previous year, canopy cover of host species, elevation, and slope. In the context of continued global warming, our study not only provides a novel framework for efficient, spatially-explicit, and quantitative measurements of forest damage induced by SPB infestation over large scales, but also uncovers opportunities to predict future SPB outbreaks and take precautions against it. Numéro de notice : A2022-096 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112847 Date de publication en ligne : 15/12/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112847 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99538 [article]

Effects of landscape design of forest reserves on Saproxylic beetle diversity / Christophe Bouget in Conservation biology, vol 30 n° 1 (February 2016)  

Public [article]  inConservation biology > vol 30 n° 1 (February 2016) . - pp 92 - 102 Titre : Effects of landscape design of forest reserves on Saproxylic beetle diversity Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Christophe Bouget, Auteur ; G. Parmain, Auteur Année de publication : 2016 Article en page(s) : pp 92 - 102 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] forêt tempérée [Termes IGN] habitat d'espèce [Termes IGN] politique de conservation (biodiversité) [Termes IGN] Rambouillet, forêt de (Yvelines) [Termes IGN] réserve naturelle [Termes IGN] xylophage [Vedettes matières IGN] Ecologie forestière Résumé : (auteur) Increasing the density of natural reserves in the forest landscape may provide conservation benefits for biodiversity within and beyond reserve borders. We used 2 French data sets on saproxylic beetles and landscape cover of forest reserves (LCFR) to test this hypothesis: national standardized data derived from 252 assessment plots in managed and reserve stands in 9 lowland and 5 highland forests and data from the lowland Rambouillet forest, a forested landscape where a pioneer conservation policy led to creation of a dense network of reserves. Abundance of rare and common saproxylic species and total saproxylic species richness were higher in forest reserves than in adjacent managed stands only in highland forests. In the lowland regional case study, as LCFR increased total species richness and common species abundance in reserves increased. In this case study, when there were two or more reserve patches, rare species abundance inside reserves was higher and common species richness in managed stands was higher than when there was a single large reserve. Spillover and habitat amount affected ecological processes underlying these landscape reserve effects. When LCFR positively affected species richness and abundance in reserves or managed stands, >12-20% reserve cover led to the highest species diversity and abundance. This result is consistent with the target of 17% forested land area in reserves set at the Nagoya biodiversity summit in 2010. Therefore, to preserve biodiversity we recommend at least doubling the current proportion of forest reserves in European forested landscapes. Numéro de notice : A2016-335 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : BIODIVERSITE/FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1111/cobi.12572 En ligne : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.12572/full Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=81002 [article]

Deadwood and tree microhabitat dynamics in unharvested temperate mountain mixed forests: A life-cycle approach to biodiversity monitoring / Laurent Larrieu in Forest ecology and management, vol 334 ([15/12/2014])  

Public [article]  inForest ecology and management > vol 334 [15/12/2014] . - pp 163 - 173 Titre : Deadwood and tree microhabitat dynamics in unharvested temperate mountain mixed forests: A life-cycle approach to biodiversity monitoring Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Laurent Larrieu, Auteur ; Alain Cabanettes, Auteur ; Pierre Gonin, Auteur ; Thibault Lachat, Auteur ; Yoan Paillet, Auteur ; Stephan Winter, Auteur ; Christophe Bouget, Auteur ; Marc Deconchat, Auteur Année de publication : 2014 Article en page(s) : pp 163 - 173 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] bois mort [Termes IGN] dynamique de la végétation [Termes IGN] forêt alpestre [Termes IGN] forêt tempérée [Termes IGN] Fraxinus excelsior [Termes IGN] microhabitat [Termes IGN] placette d'échantillonnage [Termes IGN] Prunus avium [Termes IGN] Sorbus (genre) [Termes IGN] surveillance écologique [Termes IGN] xylophage [Vedettes matières IGN] Ecologie forestière Résumé : (auteur) In forest ecosystems, conservation is often considered in the absence of any long-term dynamic perspective, yet dynamic processes extend over hundreds of years. Saproxylic taxa represent about 25% of the species diversity in temperate and boreal forests and they depend on both spatial and temporal continuity in the availability of deadwood and certain tree microhabitats. Our study focused on the dynamics of deadwood and tree microhabitats throughout the silvigenetic cycle in 32 unharvested European mountain mixed forests. Our dataset contained 178 plots classified into one of five forest development phases (regeneration, establishing, growing, culmination and disintegration). We analyzed how the amount and quality of deadwood and microhabitats varied according to the five phases. Contrary to expectations, deadwood and tree microhabitat availability remained more or less stable throughout the silvigenetic cycle, both in quantity and diversity. Furthermore, whether the forests were dominated by broadleaves or conifers, there were no significant differences in terms of deadwood or tree microhabitat dynamics. Pioneer (Betula spp., Salix spp.) and post-pioneer species (Fraxinus exelsior, Sorbus spp., Prunus avium) played an important role throughout the silvigenetic cycle by providing a diversity of deadwood when deadwood from the dominant species (i.e. Abies alba, Fagus sylvatica, Picea abies) was scarce. Understanding the dynamics of deadwood and tree microhabitats may help us provide a model for forest managers who intend to emulate natural forest dynamics and will also improve our understanding of the relationship between forest dynamics and biodiversity conservation. Numéro de notice : A2014-597 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : BIODIVERSITE/FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.09.007 En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.09.007 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=81010 [article]

Effect of host tree density and apparency on the probability of attack by the pine processionary moth / Margot Regolini in Forest ecology and management, vol 334 ([15/12/2014])  

Public [article]  inForest ecology and management > vol 334 [15/12/2014] . - pp 185 - 192 Titre : Effect of host tree density and apparency on the probability of attack by the pine processionary moth Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Margot Regolini, Auteur ; Bastien Castagneyrol, Auteur ; Anne-Maïmiti Dulaurent-Mercadal, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2014 Article en page(s) : pp 185 - 192 Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Végétation [Termes IGN] densité de la végétation [Termes IGN] hauteur des arbres [Termes IGN] Insecta [Termes IGN] insecte nuisible [Termes IGN] Pinus pinaster [Termes IGN] xylophage Résumé : (auteur) The pine processionary moth (PPM, Thaumetopoea pityocampa) is the main defoliator of pines in the Mediterranean area, necessitating constant surveillance and regular pest management. A sound understanding of the spatial distribution of infested trees, both within and between stands, is required to increase management efficiency. We hypothesized that both host tree density at stand scale and tree apparency at individual tree scale were responsible for between- and within-stand patterns of PPM infestation. We tested these hypotheses on a sample of 171 maritime pine stands in the Landes de Gascogne, the largest plantation forest in Europe. We showed that PPM infestation (percentage of infested trees) decreased significantly with stand density, and was therefore greater in older than in younger stands. The probability of a pine tree being attacked increased significantly with tree height and proximity to the edge of the stand. Mortality rates of exposed sentinel egg batches did not differ with distance from the stand edge. We discuss three likely explanations for higher infestation of taller trees at stand edges: better survival of larvae on sun-exposed trees, and random interception vs. active host selection by gravid females. Our findings suggest that stand management could be adapted in order to decrease the risk of damage by the pine processionary moth, and that predictive tools for infestation dynamics can be based on forest growth models. Numéro de notice : A2014-745 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.038 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.08.038 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=75920 [article]

Bilan phytosanitaire 2009 / Fabien Caroulle in Forêts de France, n° 532 (avril 2010)

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Les problèmes sanitaires d'actualité en hêtraie : la maladie du hêtre dans les Ardennes / Louis-Michel Nageleisen in Revue forestière française, vol 57 n° 2 (août 2005)  

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