
Forest Resources and Management
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Head: Dr. Marco Ferretti
Our mission is: "Building knowledge on Swiss forests for science, sustainable management, and people". Our ultimate goal is to promote 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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Publications
Mey, R.; Zell, J.; Thürig, E.; Stadelmann, G.; Bugmann, H.; Temperli, C., 2022: Tree species admixture increases ecosystem service provision in simulated spruce- and beech-dominated stands. European Journal of Forest Research, doi: 10.1007/s10342-022-01474-4
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.
Beran, J.; Steffens, B.; Ghosh, S., 2022: Long-range dependence in directional data. In: SenGupta, A.; Arnold, B.C. (eds), 2022: Directional statistics for innovative applications. A bicentennial tribute to florence nightingale. Singapore, Springer. 395-406. doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-1044-9_21
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
Bont, L.G.; Moll, P.E.; Ramstein, L.; Frutig, F.; Heinimann, H.R.; Schweier, J., 2022: SEILAPLAN, a QGIS plugin for cable road layout design. Croatian Journal of Forest Engineering, 43, 2: 241-255. doi: 10.5552/crojfe.2022.1824
Rudko, I.; Bakay, B.; Bont, L.G.; Romasevych, Y.; Horzov, S., 2022: Calculation of optimal length for skyline. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov. Series II: Forestry • Wood Industry • Agricultural Food Engineering, 15, 64: 1-12. doi: 10.31926/but.fwiafe.2022.15.64.1.6
Portier, J.; Zellweger, F.; Zell, J.; Alberdi Asensio, I.; Bosela, M.; Breidenbach, J.; Šebeň, V.; Wüest, R.O.; Rohner, B., 2022: Plot size matters: toward comparable species richness estimates across plot‐based inventories. Ecology and Evolution, 12, 6: e8965 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1002/ece3.8965
Serrano-León, H.; Nitschke, R.; Scherer-Lorenzen, M.; Forrester, D.I., 2022: Intra-specific leaf trait variability of F. sylvatica, Q. petraea and P. abies in response to inter-specific competition and implications for forest functioning. Tree Physiology, 42, 2: 253-272. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpab109
Scalisi, N.; Kuhnert, P.; Vargas Amado, M.E.; Overesch, G.; Stärk, K.D.C.; Ruggli, N.; Jores, J., 2022: Seroprevalence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in sows fifteen years after implementation of a control programme for enzootic pneumonia in Switzerland. Veterinary Microbiology, 270: 109455 (6 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2022.109455
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
Weldon, J.; Merder, J.; Ferretti, M.; Grandin, U., 2022: Nitrogen deposition causes eutrophication in bryophyte communities in central and northern European forests. Annals of Forest Science, 79: 24 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1186/s13595-022-01148-6
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
Hu, Y.; Xiang, W.; Schäfer, K.V.R.; Lei, P.; Deng, X.; Forrester, D.I.; Fang, X.; Zeng, Y.; Ouyang, S.; Chen, L.; Peng, C., 2022: Photosynthetic and hydraulic traits influence forest resistance and resilience to drought stress across different biomes. Science of the Total Environment, 828: 154517 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154517
Hegetschweiler, K.T.; Wartmann, F.M.; Dubernet, I.; Fischer, C.; Hunziker, M., 2022: Urban forest usage and perception of ecosystem services – a comparison between teenagers and adults. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 74: 127624 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127624
Feng, Y.; Schmid, B.; Loreau, M.; Forrester, D.I.; Fei, S.; Zhu, J.; Tang, Z.; Zhu, J.; Hong, P.; Ji, C.; Shi, Y.; Su, H.; Xiong, X.; Xiao, J.; Wang, S.; Fang, J., 2022: Multispecies forest plantations outyield monocultures across a broad range of conditions. Science, 376, 6595: 865-868. doi: 10.1126/science.abm6363
Hristova, H.; Abegg, M.; Fischer, C.; Rehush, N., 2022: Monocular depth estimation in forest environments. In: Yilmaz, A.; Wegner, J.D.; Qin, R.; Remondino, F.; Fuse, T.; Toschi, I. (eds), 2022: Congress "Imaging today, foreseeing tomorrow", commission II. XXIV ISPRS congress (2022 edition), Nice, France. 1017-1023. doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIII-B2-2022-1017-2022
Vargas-Amado, M.E.; Carmo, L.P.; Berezowski, J.; Fischer, C.; Santos, M.J.; Grütter, R., 2022: Towards risk-based surveillance of African Swine Fever in Switzerland. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 204: 105661 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105661
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, 55: 311-335. doi: 10.1007/s11077-022-09456-4
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, 39: 100489 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.jort.2022.100489
Bont, L.; Ramstein, L.; Frutig, F.; Moll, P.; Schweier, J., 2022: Digitale Projektierung von Seiltrassen. WaldTec, 8-10.
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