
Forest Resources and Management
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Head: Dr. Marco Ferretti
Our mission is: "Building knowledge on Swiss forests for science, sustainable mangement, and people". Our ultimate goal is to proote sustainable use and climate-smart forest management of the Swiss forests in the 21st Century.
Our activity is directed to:
- Advance our understanding on condition, response and feedbacks of Swiss forests to global change drivers, by long-term, large-scale monitoring and experiments, analysis, modeling and predictions.
Develop science-driven solutions for sustainable management and forestry options in a changing climate, toensure regeneration and sustainable provision of forests products and services, and protect biodiversity.
- Connect the science and the applied forest management, bynovel methods, approaches, Decision Support Systems and transfer to managers, administrations and people
Our strengths stay into:
- Long-term data: tradition and innovation. Look at our growth and yield network on managed forests (since 1885), at the network on forest reserves, (since 1948), or at our role within the Swiss National Forest Inventory LFI. Look also at our recent initiative SwissAIMto advance the monitoring of Swiss forest.
- A balanced blend of expertise, methods, information science and technology. Our expertise goes from inventorying and monitoring to statistics and modeling, from sylviculture to forestry and bioenergy, from data management to geo-spatial information systems and science, and from field methods to close range remote sensing, data visualization and computer vision.
Swiss focus, international perspective. While our focus is on the Swiss national scale, we are active from local to international scale. Our collaborators have important roles in international activities and programs, like the UNECE ICP Forests, the ENFIN, the FAO ToS.
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FURTHER INFORMATION
Publications
Bont, L.; Ramstein, L.; Frutig, F.; Moll, P.; Schweier, J., 2022: Digitale Projektierung von Seiltrassen. WaldTec, 8-10.
Hegetschweiler, K.T.; Stride, C.B.; Fischer, C.; Ginzler, C.; Hunziker, M., 2022: Integrating recreation into National Forest Inventories – Results from a forest visitor survey in winter and summer. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 100489 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.jort.2022.100489
Larrieu, L.; Courbaud, B.; Drénou, C.; Goulard, M.; Bütler, R.; Kozák, D.; Kraus, D.; Krumm, F.; Lachat, T.; Müller, J.; Paillet, Y.; Schuck, A.; Stillhard, J.; Svoboda, M.; Vandekerkhove, K., 2022: Key factors determining the presence of tree-related microhabitats: a synthesis of potential factors at site, stand and tree scales, with perspectives for further research. Forest Ecology and Management, 515: 120235 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120235
Iosifescu Enescu, I.; Plattner, G.; Espona Pernas, L.; Haas-Artho, D.; Kurup Buchholz, R.; Hanimann, D., 2022: Workflow for an improved FAIR environmental data publication in EnviDat. Revue électronique Suisse de science de l’information, 60-66.
Brang, P.; Streit, K.; Zweifel, R.; Coulin, D., 2022: Der Klimawandel fegt durch den Wald. Wir Holzbauer: das Verbandsmagazin von Holzbau Schweiz, 18-21.
Forrester, D.I.; Schmid, H.; Nitzsche, J., 2022: Growth and structural changes in Swiss uneven-aged forests over 100 years, and comparisons between 15 uneven-aged forest types of Europe, North America and Australia. Forestry, 95, 2: 166-186. doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpab042
Bose, A.K.; Rigling, A.; Gessler, A.; Hagedorn, F.; Brunner, I.; Feichtinger, L.; Bigler, C.; Egli, S.; Etzold, S.; Gossner, M.M.; Guidi, C.; Lévesque, M.; Meusburger, K.; Peter, M.; Saurer, M.; Scherrer, D.; Schleppi, P.; Schönbeck, L.; Vogel, M.E.; ... Schaub, M., 2022: Lessons learned from a long‐term irrigation experiment in a dry Scots pine forest: impacts on traits and functioning. Ecological Monographs, 92, 2: e1507 (18 pp.). doi: 10.1002/ecm.1507
Anthony, M.A.; Crowther, T.W.; Van der Linde, S.; Suz, L.M.; Bidartondo, M.I.; Cox, F.; Schaub, M.; Rautio, P.; Ferretti, M.; Vesterdal, L.; De Vos, B.; Dettwiler, M.; Eickenscheidt, N.; Schmitz, A.; Meesenburg, H.; Andreae, H.; Jacob, F.; Dietrich, H.; Waldner, P.; ... Averill, C., 2022: Forest tree growth is linked to mycorrhizal fungal composition and function across Europe. ISME Journal, 16: 1327-1336. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-01159-7
Wang, Z.; Ginzler, C.; Eben, B.; Rehush, N.; Waser, L.T., 2022: Assessing changes in mountain treeline ecotones over 30 years using CNNs and historical aerial images. Remote Sensing, 14, 9: 2135 (22 pp.). doi: 10.3390/rs14092135
Rauchenstein, K.; Ecker, K.; Bader, E.; Ginzler, C.; Düggelin, C.; Bontadina, F.; Obrist, M.K., 2022: LiDAR metrics predict suitable forest foraging areas of endangered Mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis). Forest Ecology and Management, 515: 120210 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120210
Bont, L.G.; Ramstein, L.; Frutig, F.; Schweier, J., 2022: Tensile forces and deflections on skylines of cable yarders: comparison of measurements with close-to-catenary predictions. International Journal of Forest Engineering, 1-22. doi: 10.1080/14942119.2022.2051159
Reber, U.; Fischer, M.; Ingold, K.; Kienast, F.; Hersperger, A.M.; Grütter, R.; Benz, R., 2022: Integrating biodiversity: a longitudinal and cross-sectoral analysis of Swiss politics. Policy Sciences, doi: 10.1007/s11077-022-09456-4
Zimmermann, S.; Frutig, F.; Schweier, J., 2022: Bodenschutz bei der Waldbewirtschaftung. Info BWSo, 10-11.
Caduff, M.E.; Brožová, N.; Kupferschmid, A.D.; Krumm, F.; Bebi, P., 2022: How large-scale bark beetle infestations influence the protective effects of forest stands against avalanches: a case study in the Swiss Alps. Forest Ecology and Management, 514: 120201 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120201
Brüllhardt, M.; Rotach, P.; Forrester, D.I.; Bugmann, H., 2022: Sustainable regeneration in uneven-aged mixed deciduous forests managed by selection silviculture: the role of demographic structure. Forestry, 95, 2: 201-214. doi: 10.1093/forestry/cpab041
Allgaier Leuch, B.; Cioldi, F., 2022: Pionierbaumarten: zerstreut und zunehmend selten im Mittelland. Zürcher Wald, 54, 2: 16-18.
Stillhard, J.; Abegg, M.; Brang, P.; Hobi, M., 2022: Entwicklung im Buchenurwald Uholka-Schyrokyi Luh über 9 Jahre. Bündnerwald, 75, 1: 18-21.
Jaime, L.; Batllori, E.; Ferretti, M.; Lloret, F., 2022: Climatic and stand drivers of forest resistance to recent bark beetle disturbance in European coniferous forests. Global Change Biology, 28, 8: 2830-2841. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16106
Guidi, C.; Frey, B.; Brunner, I.; Meusburger, K.; Vogel, M.E.; Chen, X.; Stucky, T.; Gwiazdowicz, D.J.; Skubała, P.; Bose, A.K.; Schaub, M.; Rigling, A.; Hagedorn, F., 2022: Soil fauna drives vertical redistribution of soil organic carbon in a long‐term irrigated dry pine forest. Global Change Biology, 28, 9: 3145-3160. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16122
Imesch, N.; Fiechter, R.; Fischer, C.; Gehr, B.; Kupferschmid, A.D.; Signer, C.; Suter, S.; Vogt, K.; Willisch, C., 2022: Leitfaden zum Monitoring von Wildhuftieren. 40 p.
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