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Prescribed fire after thinning increased resistance of sub-Mediterranean pine forests to drought events and wildfires / Lena Vilà-Vilardell in Forest ecology and management, vol 527 (January-1 2023)  

Public [article]  inForest ecology and management > vol 527 (January-1 2023) . - n° 120602 Titre : Prescribed fire after thinning increased resistance of sub-Mediterranean pine forests to drought events and wildfires Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Lena Vilà-Vilardell, Auteur ; Miquel De Cáceres, Auteur ; Míriam Piqué, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2023 Article en page(s) : n° 120602 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] brûlis [Termes IGN] éclaircie (sylviculture) [Termes IGN] incendie de forêt [Termes IGN] Pinus nigra [Termes IGN] sécheresse [Termes IGN] sous-étage [Termes IGN] stress hydrique [Termes IGN] structure d'un peuplement forestier [Termes IGN] vulnérabilité [Vedettes matières IGN] Végétation et changement climatique Résumé : (auteur) Vegetation structure affects the vulnerability of a forest to drought events and wildfires. Management decisions, such as thinning intensity and type of understory treatment, influence competition for water resources and amount of fuel available. While heavy thinning effectively reduces tree water stress and intensity of a crown fire, the duration of these benefits may be limited by a fast growth response of the understory. Our aim was to study the effect of forest structure on pine forests vulnerability to extreme drought events and on the potential wildfire behaviour after management, with a special focus on the role of the understory. In three sub-Mediterranean sites of NE Spain dominated by Pinus nigra, two intensities of thinning (light: aiming at 70–75% canopy cover; and heavy: aiming at 50–60% canopy cover) followed by two understory treatments (mechanical only and mechanical plus prescribed burning) were applied, resulting in four differently managed stands plus an untreated control per site. Four to five years after management, we measured forest structure (overstory in one 314 m2 circular plot and understory in 20 quadrats of 1 m2 per treatment unit) and fuel load (in two 10 m transects per treatment unit) and simulated water balance and fire behaviour under extreme weather conditions. Understory contribution was assessed comparing the real structure with a virtual forest stand where understory vegetation equalled the one of the untreated control. Our results suggest that the resulting mid-term structure following treatments effectively reduced water stress and fire behaviour compared with untreated control, and that the most effective treatments were the ones where prescribed burning was applied after light or heavy thinning. While understory clearing contributes to increase the resistance to both disturbances, an additive effect of burning the debris reduced the vulnerability to drought and wildfires after treatments. Our study highlights the importance of managing the understory to further increase forest resistance to both disturbances. Numéro de notice : A2023-030 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120602 Date de publication en ligne : 08/11/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120602 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=102109 [article]

Scorch height and volume modeling in prescribed fires: Effects of canopy gaps in Pinus pinaster stands in Southern Europe / J.R. Molina in Forest ecology and management, vol 506 (February-15 2022)  

Public [article]  inForest ecology and management > vol 506 (February-15 2022) . - n° 119979 Titre : Scorch height and volume modeling in prescribed fires: Effects of canopy gaps in Pinus pinaster stands in Southern Europe Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : J.R. Molina, Auteur ; M. Ortega, Auteur ; F. Rodríguez y Silva, Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 119979 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] brûlis [Termes IGN] canopée [Termes IGN] échantillonnage de données [Termes IGN] Espagne [Termes IGN] gestion des risques [Termes IGN] gestion forestière [Termes IGN] incendie de forêt [Termes IGN] Pinus pinaster [Vedettes matières IGN] Foresterie Résumé : (auteur) The use of prescribed fire has been on the rise in recent years owing to its effectiveness in surface fuel reduction, its implementation cost, and the possibility of firefighter training. However, greater knowledge regarding the effects of fire on woodlands is required by forest managers. Scorch height and scorch volume are the most widely used variables for evaluating the effects of burning on trees. This study proposes a scorch height model for the prescribed fires of pine stands in Southern Europe. Although the two main variables of the existing models (fire-line intensity and air temperature) were considered, our model achieved a coefficient of determination of 89% with the incorporation of the canopy base height. A decision tree for scorch volume was also developed using the three independent variables. The presence of canopy gaps in the lower, mid-, and upper slopes resulted in significant differences in the scorch height. The scorch height increased between 0.33 m and 2.08 m because of the canopy gaps in the upper slope. These findings can play an important role in the implementation and improvement of prescribed burn windows. Numéro de notice : A2022-058 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119979 Date de publication en ligne : 24/12/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119979 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99469 [article]

Prescribed burning as a cost-effective way to address climate change and forest management in Mediterranean countries / Renata Martins Pacheco in Annals of Forest Science, vol 78 n° 4 (December 2021)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of Forest Science > vol 78 n° 4 (December 2021) . - n° 100 Titre : Prescribed burning as a cost-effective way to address climate change and forest management in Mediterranean countries Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Renata Martins Pacheco, Auteur ; Joao Claro, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 100 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] brûlis [Termes IGN] changement climatique [Termes IGN] droit fiscal [Termes IGN] écologie forestière [Termes IGN] émission de gaz [Termes IGN] forêt méditerranéenne [Termes IGN] gestion forestière [Termes IGN] incendie de forêt [Termes IGN] puits de carbone [Termes IGN] service écosystémique [Vedettes matières IGN] Foresterie Résumé : (auteur) Key message: As climate change and forest management become the focus of various development agendas and the price of carbon rises in the market, the need for improving carbon sequestration and avoiding wildfires emissions increases. Prescribed burning interventions might play an important role in this context, as in some situations, it has been suggested that it can reduce overall fire emissions. In this study, the potential economic benefits associated with the practice are analyzed for five Mediterranean countries. Despite the uncertainty in the estimates, the results suggest that under some circumstances these interventions can be cost-effective from a carbon management perspective. Context: Wildland fires are becoming a major concern for many European countries and are expected to become more prevalent due to climate change, affecting societies, ecosystems, and various ecosystem services provided by forests that are not valued by traditional markets, such as carbon sequestration. Aims: The objective of this study is to evaluate the possibility of using carbon taxation to fund fire management measures in Mediterranean countries. Methods: The analysis is done by converting prescribed burning savings in carbon emissions into their economic value. This is performed for France, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, which is studied in more detail, since the country has a National Prescribed Burning Program (NPBP) and a specific tax on carbon in place. Results: The results indicate that most countries could potentially have benefits in the order of millions of euros from employing prescribed burning measures. In Portugal, NPBP has the potential to be a relevant policy instrument to reduce wildfire emissions, as well as economically since the carbon emissions savings can outweigh the prescribed burning costs in some circumstances. Also, the revenue from the country’s Addition Tax on Carbon Emissions would be able to accommodate the foreseen prescribed burning costs. Conclusion: There are still many uncertainties regarding the benefits of prescribed burning in terms of overall emission reductions, and more studies should be conducted on this topic. However, as the price of carbon rises in the markets and climate change becomes a more pressing concern, even small emissions reductions might be economically interesting. The analysis framework used in this study has the potential to be useful for other countries, especially in Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Numéro de notice : A2021-120 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s13595-021-01115-7 Date de publication en ligne : 13/12/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-021-01115-7 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=99297 [article]

Monitoring clearcutting and subsequent rapid recovery in Mediterranean coppice forests with Landsat time series / Gherardo Chirici in Annals of Forest Science, Vol 77 n° 2 (June 2020)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of Forest Science > Vol 77 n° 2 (June 2020) Titre : Monitoring clearcutting and subsequent rapid recovery in Mediterranean coppice forests with Landsat time series Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Gherardo Chirici, Auteur ; Francesca Giannetti, Auteur ; Erica Mazza, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de télédétection [Termes IGN] brûlis [Termes IGN] canopée [Termes IGN] coupe rase (sylviculture) [Termes IGN] dégradation du signal [Termes IGN] forêt méditerranéenne [Termes IGN] image Landsat [Termes IGN] Normalized Difference Vegetation Index [Termes IGN] reconstruction du signal [Termes IGN] régénération (sylviculture) [Termes IGN] série temporelle [Termes IGN] taillis [Termes IGN] télémètre laser aéroporté Résumé : (auteur) Key message: This work analyses the rate of recovery of the spectral signal from clearcut areas of coppice Mediterranean forests using Landsat Time Series (LTS). The analysis revealed a more rapid rate of spectral signal recovery than what was found in previous investigations in boreal and temperate forests. Context: The rate of post-disturbance vegetation recovery is an important component of forest dynamics. Aims: In this study, we analyze the recovery of the spectral signal from forest clearcut areas in Mediterranean conditions when the coppice system of forest management is applied. Methods: We used LTS surface reflectance data (1999–2015). We generated an annual reference database of clearcuts using visual interpretation and local forest inventory data, and then derived the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) spectral trajectories for these clearcuts. From these spectral trajectories, we calculated the Years to Recovery or Y2R, the number of years it takes for a pixel to return to within a specified threshold (i.e., 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%) of its pre-disturbance value. Spectral recovery rates were then corroborated using measures of canopy height derived from airborne laser scanning (ALS) data. Results: The coppice system is associated with rapid recovery rates when compared to rates of recovery from seeds or seedlings in temperate and boreal forest conditions. We found that the Y2R derived from the spectral trajectories of post-clearcut NBR and NDVI provided similar characterizations of rapid recovery for the coppice system of forest management applied in our study area. The ALS measures of canopy height indicated that the Y2R metric accurately captured the rapid regeneration of coppice systems. Conclusion: The rapid rate of spectral recovery associated with the coppice system is 2–4 years, which contrasts with values reported in boreal and temperate forest environments, where spectral recovery was attained in approximately 10 years. NBR is an effective index for assessing rapid recovery in this forest system. Numéro de notice : A2020-293 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET/IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s13595-020-00936-2 Date de publication en ligne : 15/04/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-020-00936-2 Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=95123 [article]

Size-class structure of the forests of Finland during 1921–2013: a recovery from centuries of exploitation, guided by forest policies / Helena M. Henttonen in European Journal of Forest Research, vol 139 n° 2 (April 2020)  

Public [article]  inEuropean Journal of Forest Research > vol 139 n° 2 (April 2020) . - pp 279 – 293 Titre : Size-class structure of the forests of Finland during 1921–2013: a recovery from centuries of exploitation, guided by forest policies Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Helena M. Henttonen, Auteur ; Pekka Nöjd, Auteur ; Susanne Suvanto, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : pp 279 – 293 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] analyse diachronique [Termes IGN] brûlis [Termes IGN] densité de la végétation [Termes IGN] diamètre à hauteur de poitrine [Termes IGN] échantillonnage de données [Termes IGN] Finlande [Termes IGN] forêt boréale [Termes IGN] inventaire forestier étranger (données) [Termes IGN] paturage [Termes IGN] peuplement forestier [Termes IGN] Picea abies [Termes IGN] Pinus sylvestris [Termes IGN] politique forestière [Termes IGN] sylviculture [Termes IGN] utilisation du sol [Vedettes matières IGN] Inventaire forestier Résumé : (auteur) Frequency distributions of tree diameters are a powerful tool for analyzing changes of tree populations in large areas. We analyzed the densities and mean volume estimates of trees in different size classes for the Finnish forests over the time-span of the National Forest Inventories (1921–2013). The results display a general increase in trees in all size classes, species group and geographical area, mainly after the 1970s. The densities of medium- and large-sized conifers showed large increases in the southern boreal subzone, spruces even more than pines. Small- to medium-sized pines have increased in the middle and northern boreal subzones. The shifts in growing stock are related to changing land use, resulting from the development of the society. The low quantities of both growing stock and large trees during the 1920s reflect a poor initial state of forests. Several land use forms of the former agriculture-based society were detrimental to forests, including slash and burn agriculture, cattle grazing and tar production. The pressure from alternative land use forms was stronger in southern Finland, where the population density (people per km2) is much higher. Between 1971 and 2013, the changes in size-class structure can be attributed mainly to intensified silviculture boosted by actions of the Finnish governments, including both legislation and financial support for management activities. Not only the development of growing stock has exceeded expectations, but the increase has also concentrated in the economically valuable trees in the large size classes. Numéro de notice : A2020-344 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s10342-019-01241-y Date de publication en ligne : 27/11/2019 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-019-01241-y Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=95224 [article]

A novel fire index-based burned area change detection approach using Landsat-8 OLI data / Sicong Liu in European journal of remote sensing, vol 53 n° 1 (2020)  

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Des structures paysagères à la dynamique des feux : Essai de typologie régionale des campagnes pyrophiles de l’ouest du Burkina Faso / S. Caillault in Revue internationale de géomatique, vol 21 n° 3 (septembre - novembre 2011)  

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Site preparation and competing vegetation control affect loblolly pine long-term productivity in the southern Piedmont/Upper Coastal Plain of the United States / Dehai Zhao in Annals of Forest Science, Vol 66 n° 7 (October - November 2009)  

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Caractérisation multi-échelle et multi-capteur de la forestation tropicale amazonienne / M. Tsayem Demaze in Bulletin [Société Française de Photogrammétrie et Télédétection], n° 161 (Janvier 2001)

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Aerospace video imaging systems for rangeland management / James H. Everitt in Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, PERS, vol 56 n° 3 (march 1990)  

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Radiative surface temperatures of the burned and unburned areas in a tallgrass prairie / G. Asrar in Remote sensing of environment, vol 24 n° 3 (01/04/1988)  

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Shuttle-Imaging-Radar-a analysis of land use in Amazonia / T.A. Stone in International Journal of Remote Sensing IJRS, vol 9 n° 1 (January 1988)  

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Near-real-time video systems for rangeland assessment / James H. Everitt in Remote sensing of environment, vol 23 n° 2 (01/11/1987)  

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Le feu pastoral dans les Pyrénées centrales / J.P. Metailie (1981)

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La destruction de la forêt tropicale par l'homme : essai d'interprétation de quelques photographies aériennes de Madagascar et du Vietnam / Maurice Carbonnell in Bulletin [Société Française de Photogrammétrie], n° 8 (Décembre 1962)

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