
Forest Resources and Management
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Head: Marco Ferretti
The Research Unit (RU) Forest Resources and Management is principally engaged in four research themes:
- Monitoring, analysis, assessment and prognosis of forest resources
- Silvicultural interventions to ensure the provision of forest products and services
- Availability and optimized utilisation of forest resources, especially timber
- Development of methods and models related to the three research themes mentioned previously
Among the forest resources, the RU focuses its research on timber and carbon sequestration. Moreover, it provides contributions to protection from natural hazards and to the forest as habitat and recreational area, by covering forest structures and their development.
Although the RU focuses on forests, it also deals with the interaction between forests and other landscape elements. The RU handles its research themes on different spatial levels: from the stand, to the forest enterprise, to the region and up to the national level. Its research has a strong international reach, especially regarding the methods.
The RU administers the major project Swiss National Forest Inventory LFI and executes it by statutory mandate and in co-operation with the Federal Office of the Environment FOEN. Substantial parts of the LFI are carried out within the RU, while other parts are processed in co-operation with other RUs.
Methodically the RU excels at its emphasis on a solid empirical basis and on technologies needed to acquire the necessary data, especially in the fields of data collection, data management, data retrieval and data analysis. Parts of the data series concerning forest structure from the LFI, from growth and yield research and from forest reserves, surveyed over many decades, are worldwide unrivaled. These form the bases for modelling and prognoses. The methodological development of the RU focuses on statistical methods (sampling theory and time series analysis, spatial data analysis), information sciences and technologies (inventory techniques, navigation, data management, GIS) as well as simulation and decision models and their implementation in tools (expert systems as decision supports).
The RU is active in knowledge transfer. Its research projects are usually application-relevant and have an implementation component.
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Publications
Temperli, C.; Allgaier Leuch, B.; Frutig, F., 2021: Effizientere Forstbetriebe in der Schweiz. Wald und Holz, 102, 1: 24-27.
Fitzpatrick, B.R.; Baltensweiler, A.; Düggelin, C.; Fraefel, M.; Freitag, A.; Vandegehuchte, M.L.; Wermelinger, B.; Risch, A.C., 2021: The distribution of a group of keystone species is not associated with anthropogenic habitat disturbance. Diversity and Distributions, doi: 10.1111/ddi.13217
Haeler, E.; Bergamini, A.; Blaser, S.; Ginzler, C.; Hindenlang, K.; Keller, C.; Kiebacher, T.; Kormann, U.G.; Scheidegger, C.; Schmidt, R.; Stillhard, J.; Szallies, A.; Pellissier, L.; Lachat, T., 2021: Saproxylic species are linked to the amount and isolation of dead wood across spatial scales in a beech forest. Landscape Ecology, 36: 89-104. doi: 10.1007/s10980-020-01115-4
Schnorf, V.; Schweier, J.; Burg, V.; Frutig, F.; Thees, O., 2021: Energieholztransport in der Schweiz. Wald und Holz, 102, 1: 20-23.
Del Río, M.; Vergarechea, M.; Hilmers, T.; Alday, J.G.; Avdagić, A.; Binderh, F.; Bosela, M.; Dobor, L.; Forrester, D.I.; Halilović, V.; Ibrahimspahić, A.; Klopcic, M.; Lévesque, M.; Nagel, T.A.; Sitkova, Z.; Schütze, G.; Stajić, B.; Stojanović, D.; Uhl, E.; ... Pretzsch, H., 2021: Effects of elevation-dependent climate warming on intra- and inter-specific growth synchrony in mixed mountain forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 479: 118587 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118587
Forrester, D.I., 2021: Does individual-tree biomass growth increase continuously with tree size?. Forest Ecology and Management, 481: 118717 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118717
Rohner, B.; Kumar, S.; Liechti, K.; Gessler, A.; Ferretti, M., 2021: Tree vitality indicators revealed a rapid response of beech forests to the 2018 drought. Ecological Indicators, 120: 106903 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106903
Santopuoli, G.; Temperli, C.; Alberdi, I.; Barbeito, I.; Bosela, M.; Bottero, A.; Klopčič, M.; Lesinski, J.; Panzacchi, P.; Tognetti, R., 2021: Pan-European sustainable forest management indicators for assessing climate-smart forestry in Europe. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 51: (10 pp.). doi: 10.1139/cjfr-2020-0166
Mathys, A.S.; Brang, P.; Stillhard, J.; Bugmann, H.; Hobi, M.L., 2021: Long-term tree species population dynamics in Swiss forest reserves influenced by forest structure and climate. Forest Ecology and Management, 481: 118666 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118666
Brändli, U., 2020: Indicator 1.2 Growing stock. In: 2020: State of Europe's Forests 2020. Bratislava, Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe. 37-41.
Fischer, C.; Moffat, A., 2020: Indicator 5.1 Protective forests - soil, water and other ecosystem functions - infrastructure and managed natural resources. In: 2020: State of Europe's Forests 2020. Bratislava, Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe. 153-156.
Ouyang, S.; Xiang, W.; Gou, M.; Chen, L.; Lei, P.; Xiao, W.; Deng, X.; Zeng, L.; Li, J.; Zhang, T.; Peng, C.; Forrester, D.I., 2020: Stability in subtropical forests: the role of tree species diversity, stand structure, environmental and socio-economic conditions. Global Ecology and Biogeography, doi: 10.1111/geb.13235
Kupferschmid, A.D.; Brang, P.; Abegg, M., 2020: Wildeinfluss auf die Eiche in der Schweiz. Bündnerwald, 73, 3: 34-37.
Frutig, F., 2020: HeProMo - einfache Kostenschätzung für Holzerntearbeiten. Zürcher Wald, 21-24.
Brang, P., 2020: Eine App für die Baumartenwahl im Klimawandel. Bündnerwald, 73, 6: 37-39.
Temperli, C.; Bugmann, H., 2020: Borkenkäferdynamik im Klimawandel: die Bedeutung der Landschaftsebene. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen, 171, 3: 142-150. doi: 10.3188/szf.2020.0142
Ramstein, L.; Bont, L.; Frutig, F.; Schweier, J., 2020: Validation of catenary based methods for cable road layout planning.
Bont, L.; Ramstein, L.; Frutig, F.; Moll, P.; Heinimann, H.; Schweier, J., 2020: A QGIS based workflow for optimized cable road layout planning.
Abegg, M.; Brändli, U.; Düggelin, C., 2020: Entwicklung der Strukturindikatoren und Gehölzartenvielfalt im Schweizer Wald - Ergebnisse aus 30 Jahren Landesforstinventar LFI. Ein Auszug aus den Ergebnissen der vierten Erhebung (Brändli et al. 2020). In: Bollmann, K. (eds), 2020: Biodiversität im Schweizer Wald. Forum für Wissen 2020, Birmensdorf. 81-88.
Bouwman, M.; Forrester, D.I.; Den Ouden, J.; Nabuurs, G.-J.; Mohren, G.M.J., 2020: Species interactions under climate change in mixed stands of Scots pine and pedunculate oak. Forest Ecology and Management, doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118615
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