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Green infrastructure planning through EO and GIS analysis: the canopy plan of Liège, Belgium, to mitigate its urban heat island / Benjamin Beaumont in ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, vol V-4-2022 (2022 edition)  

Public [article]  inISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences > vol V-4-2022 (2022 edition) . - pp 243 - 250 Titre : Green infrastructure planning through EO and GIS analysis: the canopy plan of Liège, Belgium, to mitigate its urban heat island Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Benjamin Beaumont, Auteur ; Yasmina Loozen, Auteur ; Thibault Castin, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : pp 243 - 250 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Analyse spatiale [Termes IGN] arbre urbain [Termes IGN] ilot thermique urbain [Termes IGN] image aérienne [Termes IGN] Liège [Termes IGN] planification urbaine [Termes IGN] plantation forestière Résumé : (auteur) As a place to live, work and play, urban spaces are the nerve centers of human activity. The urban spaces, which are becoming increasingly extensive and dense, are particularly sensitive to the effects of climate change. Greening cities has been identified as one of the most effective ways to mitigate one of these effects, the urban heat island. In this context, the city of Liège, Belgium, has adopted a greening plan, called “Plan canopée”, to increase the tree canopy area at city level. The aim of this study is to present the methodology used to objectivize and prioritize the selection of potential planting sites. This research proposes the production of a series of spatial indicators allowing, on the one hand, the precise mapping of urban surfaces ready for planting, and on the other hand, the objective prioritization of city districts to be vegetated. The research integrates airborne image classification, urban heat island modeling and a series of reference geodata combinations. The set of data produced provides a transparent decision support tool to the authorities for the operational planning of tree plantations. These results contribute to the development of a planting strategy that maximizes the chances of ownership by the citizens, and consequently the sustainable and effective impact of the achievements. Numéro de notice : A2022-423 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.5194/isprs-annals-V-4-2022-243-2022 Date de publication en ligne : 18/05/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-annals-V-4-2022-243-2022 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=100727 [article]

Towards silviculture guidelines to produce large-sized silver birch (betula pendula roth) logs in Western Europe / Héloïse Dubois in Forests, vol 12 n° 5 (May 2021)  

Public [article]  inForests > vol 12 n° 5 (May 2021) . - n° 599 Titre : Towards silviculture guidelines to produce large-sized silver birch (betula pendula roth) logs in Western Europe Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Héloïse Dubois, Auteur ; Hugues Claessens, Auteur ; Gauthier Ligot, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 599 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] Betula pendula [Termes IGN] croissance des arbres [Termes IGN] densité du bois [Termes IGN] diamètre à hauteur de poitrine [Termes IGN] Hauts-de-France (région 2016) [Termes IGN] houppier [Termes IGN] tronc [Termes IGN] Wallonie (Belgique) [Vedettes matières IGN] Foresterie Résumé : (auteur) Forest health problems arising from climate change, pests and pathogens are a threat to the main timber tree species. As a result, silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) has become a precious asset for meeting oncoming forestry challenges in western Europe. However, silviculture guidelines to produce high-value birch logs in this region are lacking. Producing large-sized birch trunks requires crown release, i.e., removing crown competitors around selected target trees. These interventions are currently seldom carried out or else too late when the growth potential of the trees has already diminished. This study set out to ascertain the diameter at breast height (dbh) that could be reached by crown-released birch, determine dbh-associated crown diameters, and further characterize the gain obtained from early crown release on birch dbh growth. We measured 704 birch trees that had undergone crown release in 38 naturally regenerated pure birch stands in southern Belgium and in northeastern France. We then evaluated the variation in stem and crown diameter, and analyzed increments in response to the earliness of the interventions in three subsamples, also compared with control target birch. We found that trees with a dbh of 50 cm could be grown within 60 years. Based on crown diameter, to produce 40, 50 and 60 cm dbh trunk, the distance required between target birch trees at the end of the rotation was around 8, 10 and 12 m. With no intervention and in ordinary dense birch regenerations, the dbh increment was found to decline once the stand reached age 4–7 years. Starting crown release in stands aged 4–5 years can double the dbh increment of target trees and provide a continual gain that may last up to 20 years. When birch crowns are released after 9–12 years, it may already be too late for them to recover their best growth rate. Our contribution should help complete emerging guidelines in support of birch silviculture development. Numéro de notice : A2021-401 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.3390/f12050599 Date de publication en ligne : 11/05/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/f12050599 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97703 [article]

A user-driven process for INSPIRE-compliant land use database: example from Wallonia, Belgium / Benjamin Beaumont in Annals of GIS, vol 27 n° 2 (April 2021)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of GIS > vol 27 n° 2 (April 2021) . - pp 211 - 224 Titre : A user-driven process for INSPIRE-compliant land use database: example from Wallonia, Belgium Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Benjamin Beaumont, Auteur ; Tais Grippa, Auteur ; Moritz Lennert, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : pp 211 - 224 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Infrastructure de données [Termes IGN] aménagement du territoire [Termes IGN] base de données foncières [Termes IGN] carte d'occupation du sol [Termes IGN] chaîne de traitement [Termes IGN] données massives [Termes IGN] édition en libre accès [Termes IGN] infrastructure européenne de données localisées [Termes IGN] INSPIRE [Termes IGN] utilisateur [Termes IGN] utilisation du sol [Termes IGN] Wallonie (Belgique) Résumé : (auteur) Regional land use monitoring at high spatial, temporal, and thematic resolution is an important expectation of Walloon stakeholders. Over the last decade, increased data-processing capacities and the annual acquisition of remotely sensed data have resulted in the production of a large amount of relevant geodata. The INSPIRE directive and its obligations for 2020 serve as a path for the development of a new user-driven and open-source hierarchical land use classification system mapping scheme, as presented in this paper. The process includes intensive user consultation, the development of an entire automatic processing chain, and efforts to address challenges such as big data handling, the variability of input data properties, and reproducibility. The thematically detailed land use map, with its 69 classes, is already widely used by Walloon stakeholders, and new demands for updating have already emerged. Based on a European classification system that is compulsory for all member states, INSPIRE-compliant land use maps will make it possible to carry out cross-border studies and compare spatial planning strategies between states. Numéro de notice : A2021-626 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : GEOMATIQUE Nature : Article DOI : 10.1080/19475683.2021.1875047 Date de publication en ligne : 17/01/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1080/19475683.2021.1875047 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=98256 [article]

What factors shape spatial distribution of biomass in riparian forests? Insights from a LiDAR survey over a large area / Leo Huylenbroeck in Forests, vol 12 n° 3 (March 2021)  

Public [article]  inForests > vol 12 n° 3 (March 2021) . - n° 371 Titre : What factors shape spatial distribution of biomass in riparian forests? Insights from a LiDAR survey over a large area Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Leo Huylenbroeck, Auteur ; Nicolas Latte, Auteur ; Philippe Lejeune, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 371 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Lasergrammétrie [Termes IGN] biodiversité [Termes IGN] biomasse forestière [Termes IGN] distribution spatiale [Termes IGN] données lidar [Termes IGN] données localisées 3D [Termes IGN] forêt ripicole [Termes IGN] modèle numérique de surface de la canopée [Termes IGN] semis de points [Termes IGN] Wallonie (Belgique) Résumé : (auteur) Riparian ecosystems are home to a remarkable biodiversity, but have been degraded in many regions of the world. Vegetation biomass is central to several key functions of riparian systems. It is influenced by multiple factors, such as soil waterlogging, sediment input, flood, and human disturbance. However, knowledge is lacking on how these factors interact to shape spatial distribution of biomass in riparian forests. In this study, LiDAR data were used in an individual tree approach to map the aboveground biomass in riparian forests along 200 km of rivers in the Meuse catchment, in southern Belgium (Western Europe). Two approaches were tested, relying either on a LiDAR Canopy Height Model alone or in conjunction with a LiDAR point cloud. Cross-validated biomass relative mean square error for 0.3 ha plots were, respectively, 27% and 22% for the two approaches. Spatial distribution of biomass patterns were driven by parcel history (and particularly vegetation age), followed by land use and topographical or geomorphological variables. Overall, anthropogenic factors were dominant over natural factors. However, vegetation patches located in the lower parts of the riparian zone exhibited a lower biomass than those in higher locations at the same age, presumably due to a combination of a more intense disturbance regime and more limiting growing conditions in the lower parts of the riparian zone. Similar approaches to ours could be deployed in other regions in order to better understand how biomass distribution patterns vary according to the climatic, geological or cultural contexts. Numéro de notice : A2021-317 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article DOI : 10.3390/f12030371 Date de publication en ligne : 20/03/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/f12030371 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97540 [article]

Range-wide demographic patterns in European forests along climatic marginality gradients : An approach using national forest inventories / Alexandre Changenet (2021)  

Public Titre : Range-wide demographic patterns in European forests along climatic marginality gradients : An approach using national forest inventories Type de document : Thèse/HDR Auteurs : Alexandre Changenet, Auteur ; Marta Benito-Garzon, Directeur de thèse ; Annabel J. Porté, Directeur de thèse Editeur : Bordeaux : Université de Bordeaux Année de publication : 2021 Importance : 305 p. Format : 21 x 30 cm Note générale : bibliographie Thèse présentée pour obtenir le grade de Docteur de l'Université de Bordeaux, Ecologie évolutive, fonctionnelle et des communautés Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] Allemagne [Termes IGN] changement climatique [Termes IGN] écologie forestière [Termes IGN] écosystème forestier [Termes IGN] Espagne [Termes IGN] espèce exotique envahissante [Termes IGN] Finlande [Termes IGN] gradient de marginalité climatique [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier étranger (données) [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier national (données France) [Termes IGN] mortalité [Termes IGN] Quercus rubra [Termes IGN] répartition géographique [Termes IGN] Robinia pseudoacacia [Termes IGN] sécheresse [Termes IGN] Suède [Termes IGN] Wallonie (Belgique) [Vedettes matières IGN] Inventaire forestier Index. décimale : THESE Thèses et HDR Résumé : (auteur) Modern climate change is reshaping species distributions, particularly on slow shifting organisms such as trees. Forests composition is therefore expected to change in the coming decades, which will alter ecosystem functions and biodiversity, with negative ecological and societal consequences for the planet.Tree distribution depends on several demographic traits such as recruitment, growth and mortality that interact across large climatic gradients. Yet, mortality is rising in all forested biomes in the world. In Europe for instance, forest mortality increases towards the climatic trailing edge of the species ranges as a response to drought. These high mortality rates are usually related to a lack of recruitment, which may induce vegetation shifts, but also opening new opportunities for the establishment of exotic invasive species. As demographic trait responses to climate vary across and within species, understanding trait interactions along large climatic gradients is crucial to better predict the impact of climate change on forest productivity, composition and range-shift dynamics.In this work I analyzed tree mortality and recruitment patterns of twenty of the most common native species and two exotic species in European forests and their triggered drivers. To this aim, I used data of 2 million trees from 153 892 plots measured in the National Forest Inventories from France, Spain, Germany, Belgium (Wallonia), Sweden and Finland.In the first chapter, I analyzed tree mortality and showed that the highest mortality occurrence happens in the climatic trailing edge, driven by drought, whereas the intensity of mortality is triggered by competition, drought and high temperatures and was uniformly scattered across species ranges. In addition, the occurrence of mortality was the highest in the trailing edge of temperate species and the lowest in the leading edge for half of the Mediterranean species.In the second chapter I analyzed tree recruitment, showing that for most species, there are no differences in recruitment across species ranges. Recruitment was strongly limited by competition and often depended on age, or growth rate of the plot. Surprisingly, the role of drought in tree recruitment only was evident in interaction with tree competition.In the third chapter, I assessed the invasiveness of two exotic invasive species, Quercus rubra and Robinia pseudoacacia. My results showed that both species are able to recruit new individuals under all other species canopies, to become dominant at the expanse of many trees species and suggested that they are both expanding their ranges northwards and southwards, in part because they are relatively less sensitive to drought than the other species.All together, my results highlight that trees sensitivity to current climate change is trait-dependent and differs across species ranges. The southern part of the species ranges can be shaped by drought-induced mortality, while recruitment is much less affected by drought. This different sensitivity to climate of tree mortality and recruitment suggests that recruitment could counteract the negative effects of climate change to a certain extent and that forests might be more resilient than what was previously thought. Yet, the exotic species expansion is less affected by the surrounding environment than Mediterranean and temperate species and could benefit from climate warming. Hence, the potential help of recruitment for in-situ species range persistence, and the management strategies which could help forests to mitigate future climate change remains to be explored. Note de contenu : 1- Introduction 2- Methods 3- Occurence but not intensity of mortality rises towards the climatic trailing edge of tree species ranges in European forests 4- Recruitment in European forests is more limited by competition than drought 5- Increase of invasiveness of Quercus rubra and Robinia pseudoacacia in European forests: an approach using National Forest Inventories 6- General discussion and conclusion Numéro de notice : 28483 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Thèse française Note de thèse : Thèse de Doctorat : Ecologie évolutive, fonctionnelle et des communautés : Bordeaux : 2021 Organisme de stage : Laboratoire Biodiversité, Gènes & Communautés DOI : sans En ligne : https://hal.science/tel-03462635/ Format de la ressource électronique : URL Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99187

CO2 fertilization, transpiration deficit and vegetation period drive the response of mixed broadleaved forests to a changing climate in Wallonia / Louis de Wergifosse in Annals of Forest Science, vol 77 n° 3 (September 2020)  

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Modelling forest dynamics to assess and improve forest management at a regional scale: an analysis of forest changes in Wallonia (southern Belgium) / Jérôme Perin (2020)  

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Into the woods / Sandrine Paradis-Grenouillet (2018)  

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Localisation des caméras ANPR sur le réseau routier pour le profilage géographique / Marie Trotta in Revue internationale de géomatique, vol 27 n° 4 (octobre - décembre 2017)  

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FORESTIMATOR : un plugin QGIS d'estimation de la hauteur dominante et du site index de peuplements résineux à partir de Lidar aérien / Laurent Dedry in Revue Française de Photogrammétrie et de Télédétection, n° 211 - 212 (juillet - décembre 2015)  

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Atlas des Bryophytes (mousses, hépatiques, anthocérotes) de Wallonie (1980-2014) : Publication du Département de l’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW-DGARNE), tome 1. Anthocérotes et hépatiques / André Sotiaux (2015)  

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Atlas des Bryophytes (mousses, hépatiques, anthocérotes) de Wallonie (1980-2014) : Publication du Département de l’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW-DGARNE), tome 2. Mousses / André Sotiaux (2015)  

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Segmentation semi-automatique pour le traitement de données 3D denses : application au patrimoine architectural / Florent Poux in XYZ, n° 141 (décembre 2014 - février 2015) 

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Belgique, les cartes de la discorde / Cécile Marin in Carto, le monde en cartes, n° 13 (septembre - octobre 2012)

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Les inventaires forestiers nationaux, observatoires et tableaux de bord permanent des espaces boisés, journée d'étude, 12 mai 2010, Gembloux, Belgique / Jacques Rondeux (2010)

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