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Vulnerability of forest ecosystems to fire in the French Alps / Sylvain Dupire in European Journal of Forest Research, Vol 138 n° 5 (octobre 2019)  

Public [article]  inEuropean Journal of Forest Research > Vol 138 n° 5 (octobre 2019) . - pp 813 – 830 Titre : Vulnerability of forest ecosystems to fire in the French Alps Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Sylvain Dupire, Auteur ; Thomas Curt, Auteur ; Sylvain Bigot, Auteur ; Thibaut Fréjaville, Auteur Année de publication : 2019 Article en page(s) : pp 813 – 830 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] canopée [Termes IGN] Castanea sativa [Termes IGN] changement climatique [Termes IGN] diamètre à hauteur de poitrine [Termes IGN] écosystème forestier [Termes IGN] Fagus (genre) [Termes IGN] forêt alpestre [Termes IGN] France (administrative) [Termes IGN] houppier [Termes IGN] incendie de forêt [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier national (données France) [Termes IGN] Larix decidua [Termes IGN] logiciel de simulation [Termes IGN] mortalité [Termes IGN] Pinus sylvestris [Termes IGN] sécheresse [Termes IGN] variation saisonnière [Termes IGN] vulnérabilité [Vedettes matières IGN] Végétation et changement climatique Résumé : (auteur) Forest fires are expected to be more frequent and more intense with climate change, including in temperate and mountain forest ecosystems. In the Alps, forest vulnerability to fire resulting from interactions between climate, fuel types, vegetation structure and tree resistance to fire is little understood. This paper aims at identifying trends in the vulnerability of Alpine forest ecosystems to fire at different scales (tree species, stand level and biogeographic level) and according to three different climatic conditions (cold season, average summer and extremely dry summer). To explore Alpine forest vulnerability to fire, we used surface fuel measurements, forest inventory and fire weather data to simulate fire behaviour and ultimately post-fire tree mortality across 4438 forest plots in the French Alps. The results showed that cold season fires (about 50% of the fires in the French Alps) have a limited impact except on low-elevation forests of the Southern Alps (mainly Oak, Scots pine). In average summer conditions, mixed and broadleaved forests of low elevations suffer the highest mortality rates (up to 75% in coppices). Finally, summer fires occurring in extremely dry conditions promote high mortality across all forest communities. Lowest mortality rates were observed in high forest stands composed of tree species presenting adaptation to surface fires (e.g. thick bark, high canopy) such as Larch forests of the internal Alps. This study provides insights on the vulnerability of the main tree species and forest ecosystems of the French Alps useful for the adaptation of forest management practices to climate changes. Numéro de notice : A2019-565 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s10342-019-01206-1 Date de publication en ligne : 19/06/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-019-01206-1 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=94414 [article]