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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]

Effects of thinning practice, high pruning and slash management on crop tree and stand growth in young even-aged stands of planted silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) / Jens Peter Skovsgaard in Forests, vol 12 n° 2 (February 2021)  

Public [article]  inForests > vol 12 n° 2 (February 2021) . - n° 225 Titre : Effects of thinning practice, high pruning and slash management on crop tree and stand growth in young even-aged stands of planted silver birch (Betula pendula Roth) Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Jens Peter Skovsgaard, Auteur ; Ulf Johansson, Auteur ; Emma Hölmstrom, Auteur ; Rebecka McCarthy Tune, Auteur ; Clémentine Ols , Auteur ; Giulia Attocchi, Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Projets : ARBRE / AgroParisTech, LUE / Université de Lorraine Article en page(s) : n° 225 Note générale : bibliographie This work was supported by the Swedish forest-owner association Södra and the Swedish national research program Future Forests. C. Ols was funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR-11-LABX-0002-01 and ANR-15-IDEX-04-LUE) during her review and editing of the paper. Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] Betula pendula [Termes IGN] Canada [Termes IGN] croissance des arbres [Termes IGN] éclaircie (sylviculture) [Termes IGN] élagage (sylviculture) [Termes IGN] étude d'impact [Termes IGN] forêt équienne [Termes IGN] Suède [Termes IGN] volume en bois [Vedettes matières IGN] Sylviculture Résumé : (auteur) The objective was to quantify the influence of thinning, high pruning and slash management on crop tree and stand growth in young even-aged stands of planted silver birch (Betula pendula Roth). This study was based on two field experiments, aged six and eleven years at initiation and re-measured after six and eight years, respectively. Treatments included the unthinned control, moderate thinning mainly from below (removing 28–33% of standing volume), point thinning to favor 300 trees per ha and with no thinning elsewhere in the plot (removing 16–25%), and heavy thinning leaving 600 evenly distributed potential future crop trees per ha (removing 64–75%). Slash management (extraction or retention) was applied to heavily thinned plots. High pruning removing 30–70% of the green crown was carried out in some plots with point or heavy thinning on 300 or 600 trees per ha, respectively. Stand volume growth increased with increasing pre-treatment mean annual volume increment and decreased with increasing thinning intensity as compared to the unthinned control. LS-means estimates indicated a reduction for moderate thinning by 14%, for point thinning by 12% and for heavy thinning (combined with pruning) by 62%. However, in the youngest experiment, heavy thinning (without pruning) reduced growth by 54%. Combining these results with results from a similar experiment in Canada, the reduction in stand volume growth (RedIv%) depending on thinning removal (RemV%), both expressed as a percentage of the unthinned control, was quantified as RedIv% = −23.67 + 1.16·RemV% (calibration range: 30–83%). For heavy thinning (large quantities of slash), slash extraction resulted in no reduction in stand volume growth as compared to slash retention. The instantaneous numeric reduction in the average stem diameter of the 300 thickest trees per ha (D300) due to thinning was 3.5, 15–21% and 955–11% with moderate, point and heavy thinning, respectively. The subsequent average annual increase in D300 during the observation period was 8.5%, 25 and 18%, respectively. In the youngest experiment, pruning in unthinned plots led to a reduction in the annual increase of D300 by 14%, and heavy thinning in unpruned plots led to an increase by 30%. The growth of pre-selected potential future crop trees increased with increasing thinning intensity. In heavily thinned plots, pruning reduced growth increasingly with increasing pruning severity; LS-means estimates indicated 21% larger growth on stem diameter for unpruned trees and 3% for pruned trees. As an adverse side effect, heavily thinned plots with only 600 trees per ha were at increased risk of windthrow for some years after the thinning intervention. In the oldest experiment, 95–21% of the trees in these plots were damaged by wind. Numéro de notice : A2021-171 Affiliation des auteurs : LIF+Ext (2020- ) Thématique : FORET Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.3390/f12020225 date de publication en ligne : 16/02/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/f12020225 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97132 [article]

The strong and the stronger: The effects of increasing ozone and nitrogen dioxide concentrations in pollen of different forest species / Sónia Pereira in Forests, vol 12 n° 1 (January 2021)  

Public [article]  inForests > vol 12 n° 1 (January 2021) . - n° 88 Titre : The strong and the stronger: The effects of increasing ozone and nitrogen dioxide concentrations in pollen of different forest species Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Sónia Pereira, Auteur ; Maria Fernández-González, Auteur ; Alexandra Guedes, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2021 Article en page(s) : n° 88 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] Acer negundo [Termes IGN] analyse comparative [Termes IGN] Betula pendula [Termes IGN] Corylus avellana [Termes IGN] dioxyde d'azote [Termes IGN] Europe (géographie politique) [Termes IGN] indice de stress [Termes IGN] ozone [Termes IGN] pollen [Termes IGN] pollution atmosphérique [Termes IGN] protection de l'environnement [Termes IGN] Quercus pedunculata [Vedettes matières IGN] Ecologie forestière Résumé : (auteur) The knowledge of pollen sensitivity and tolerance to stress factors such as air pollution is important for forest sustainability, ensuring the most efficient production with the highest benefits and lowest resource losses. This study intended to evaluate the influence of common air pollutants in four forest trees species, Betula pendula Roth, Corylus avellana L., Acer negundo L. and Quercus robur L., through a comparative analysis at the same experimental conditions. We aimed to investigate the effect that may occur in pollen fertility, protein content, oxidative stress and wall composition after exposure in vitro to ozone and nitrogen dioxide at concentration levels for vegetation protection in Europe. Our results suggest changes in pollen viability, protein content and differential sensitivity related to ROS synthesis, NADPH oxidase activity, as well as in wall composition. The results indicate that NO2 exposure affected more the pollen species studied mostly at the highest concentration exposure. As for ozone, there were less significant differences between samples; however, a different behavior occurs in O3 expositions, where the most influence happens at the legal limit for vegetation protection in Europe. Our study showed that significant pollen functions could be compromised even at common air pollutant’s concentrations. Numéro de notice : A2021-143 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.3390/f12010088 date de publication en ligne : 15/01/2021 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.3390/f12010088 Format de la ressource électronique : url article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=97046 [article]

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 [en ligne], vol 77 n° 3 (September 2020)  

Public [article]  inAnnals of Forest Science [en ligne] > vol 77 n° 3 (September 2020) Titre : Use of non-destructive test methods on Irish hardwood standing trees and small-diameter round timber for prediction of mechanical properties Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Daniel F. Llana, Auteur ; Ian Short, Auteur ; Annette M. Harte, Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] Acer pseudoplatanus [Termes IGN] acoustique [Termes IGN] Betula pendula [Termes IGN] betula pubescens [Termes IGN] bois sur pied [Termes IGN] densité du bois [Termes IGN] diamètre des arbres [Termes IGN] éclaircie (sylviculture) [Termes IGN] élagage (sylviculture) [Termes IGN] élasticité [Termes IGN] feuillu [Termes IGN] Fraxinus (genre) [Termes IGN] Fraxinus excelsior [Termes IGN] Irlande [Termes IGN] modèle de simulation [Termes IGN] résonance [Termes IGN] vent [Vedettes matières IGN] Sylviculture Résumé : (auteur) Key message: Mechanical properties of small-diameter round timber from hardwood thinnings of common alder ( Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.), European ash ( Fraxinus excelsior L.), European birch ( Betula pendula Roth. and Betula pubescens Ehrh.), and sycamore ( Acer pseudoplatanus L.) can be evaluated by non-destructive testing on either standing trees or green logs without wood density determination. Velocity differences between acoustic and resonance methods are influenced by tree species and age. Tree diameter improves the estimation of bending strength but not of stiffness. Context: There is a need for a reliable, fast, and inexpensive evaluation method to better sort hardwood thinnings according to mechanical properties for use in potential added-value applications. Aims: The estimation by non-destructive testing of mechanical properties of round small-diameter timber of four hardwood species (common alder, European ash, European birch, and sycamore). Methods: Acoustic velocity was measured in 38 standing trees and resonance velocity was recorded in green logs from these trees. The logs were then dried and tested in bending. Estimation models to predict mechanical properties from non-destructive testing measurements were developed. Results: Large differences between velocities from acoustic and resonance techniques were found. Models based on both non-destructive testing velocities together with a species factor are well correlated with bending modulus of elasticity while models including tree diameter are moderately well correlated with bending strength. Inclusion of density in the models does not improve the estimation. Conclusion: Models based on acoustic measurements on standing trees or resonance on green logs together with tree species and diameter provide reliable estimates of mechanical properties of round timber from hardwood thinnings. This methodology can be easily used for pre-sorting material in the forest. Numéro de notice : A2020-403 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1007/s13595-020-00957-x date de publication en ligne : 17/06/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-020-00957-x Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=95453 [article]

What influences the long-term development of mixtures in British forests? / William L. Mason in Forestry, an international journal of forest research, vol 93 n° 4 (July 2020)  

Public [article]  inForestry, an international journal of forest research > vol 93 n° 4 (July 2020) . - pp 545 - 556 Titre : What influences the long-term development of mixtures in British forests? Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : William L. Mason, Auteur ; T. Connolly, Auteur Année de publication : 2020 Article en page(s) : pp 545 - 556 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Termes IGN] analyse comparative [Termes IGN] Betula pendula [Termes IGN] composition d'un peuplement forestier [Termes IGN] croissance végétale [Termes IGN] foresterie [Termes IGN] Grande-Bretagne [Termes IGN] intensité lumineuse [Termes IGN] Larix kaempferi [Termes IGN] ombre [Termes IGN] peuplement mélangé [Termes IGN] peuplement pur [Termes IGN] Picea sitchensis [Termes IGN] Pinus contorta [Termes IGN] Pinus sylvestris [Termes IGN] surface terrière [Termes IGN] tsuga heterophylla [Vedettes matières IGN] Sylviculture Résumé : (auteur) Six experiments were established between 1955 and 1962 in different parts of northern and western Britain which used replicated randomized block designs to compare the performance of two species 50:50 mixtures with pure stands of the component species. The species involved were variously lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl.), Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi Lamb. Carr.), Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.), Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis Bong. Carr.) and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla Raf. Sarg.). The first four species are light demanding, while Sitka spruce is of intermediate shade tolerance and western hemlock is very shade tolerant: only Scots pine and silver birch are native to Great Britain. In three experiments (Bickley, Ceannacroc, Hambleton), the mixtures were of two light-demanding species, while at the other three sites, the mixture tested contained species of different shade tolerance. The experiments were followed for around 50 years, similar to a full rotation of even-aged conifer stands in Britain. Five experiments showed a tendency for one species to dominate in mixture, possibly reflecting differences in the shade tolerance or other functional traits of the component species. In the three experiments, the basal area of the mixtures at the last assessment was significantly higher than predicted based on the performance of the pure stands (i.e. the mixture ‘overyielded’). In two of these cases, the mixture had had a higher basal area than found in the more productive pure stand indicating ‘transgressive overyielding’. Significant basal area differences were generally more evident at the later assessment date. The exception was in a Scots pine: western hemlock mixture where greater overyielding at the earlier date indicated a nursing (‘facilitation’) effect. In the remaining experiments, the performance of the mixture conformed to predictions from the growth of the component species in pure stands. Taken overall, the results suggest that functional traits can be used to interpret the performance of mixtures but prediction of the outcome will require better understanding of the interplay between species and site characteristics plus the influence of silvicultural interventions. Numéro de notice : A2020-580 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : FORET Nature : Article DOI : 10.1093/forestry/cpaa003 date de publication en ligne : 11/02/2020 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpaa003 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=95899 [article]

The effects of different combinations of simulated climate change-related stressors on juveniles of seven forest tree species grown as mono-species and mixed cultures / Alfas Pliüra in Baltic forestry, vol 26 n° 1 (2020)  

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Bayesian calibration of a carbon balance model PREBAS using data from permanent growth experiments and national forest inventory / Francesco Minunno in Forest ecology and management, vol 440 (15 May 2019)  

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Is field-measured tree height as reliable as believed – A comparison study of tree height estimates from field measurement, airborne laser scanning and terrestrial laser scanning in a boreal forest / Yunsheng Wang in ISPRS Journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, vol 147 (January 2019)  

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Predicting tree diameter distributions from airborne laser scanning, SPOT 5 satellite, and field sample data in the perm region, Russia / Jussi Peuhkurinen in Forests, vol 9 n° 10 (October 2018)  

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Visible + Near Infrared spectroscopy as taxonomic tool for identifying birch species / Mulualem Tigabu in Silva fennica, vol 52 n° 4 (September 2018)  

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High-pruning of silver birch (Betula pendula Roth): work efficiency as a function of pruning method, pole saw type, slash removal, operator, pruning height and branch characteristics / Jens Peter Skovsgaard in International Journal of Forest Engineering, vol 29 n° 2 ([15/05/2018])  

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How much does climate change threaten European forest tree species distributions? / Marcin K. Dyderski in Global change biology, vol 24 n° 3 (March 2018)  

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Tree species classification using within crown localization of waveform LiDAR attributes / Rosmarie Blomley in ISPRS Journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing, vol 133 (November 2017)  

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Determining tree height and crown diameter from high-resolution UAV imagery / Dimitrios Panagiotidis in International Journal of Remote Sensing IJRS, vol 38 n° 8-10 (April 2017)  

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Quantification of overnight movement of birch (Betula pendula) branches and foliage with short interval terrestrial laser scanning / Eetu Puttonen in Frontiers in plant science, vol 7 (29 February 2016)  

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