Dr. Jeanne Portier

Function

Postdoc

Forest Resources and Management

Resource Analysis

Contact

jeanne.portier(at)wslto make life hard for spam bots.ch

+41 44 739 20 74+41 44 739 20 74

Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Site

Birmensdorf Bi HP D 58

Research interests

Statistical modelling of forest dynamics
Better understanding the influence of climate on background tree mortality in forests
Characterising near-natural forests using the Swiss National Forest Inventory data
Bridging tree diversity indicators between different inventories

Education and Experience

Since 2019	PostDoc, Project DivScaling Resource Analysis, WSL, Switzerland
Since 2018	PostDoc, Project SessFor Resource Analysis, WSL, Switzerland
2017 - 2018	Research Assistant on fire ecology Centre for Forest Research, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
2012 - 2017	PhD in Environmental Science Thesis: Activity, driving factors and consequences of wildfires in the boreal forests of Quebec at the interface between closed and open forests Centre for Forest Research, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
2008 - 2010	Master in “Biodiversity, Ecology, Environment” Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France Research project on climate in the Craiegieburn region of New Zealand: trends, periodicity and ecological implications (2010) Landcare Research – Manaaki Whenua, Lincoln, New Zealand Research project on the climate influence on tree regeneration dynamics of French Alps forests (2009) Cemagref, Grenoble, France
2005 - 2008	Bachelor in Biological Sciences Université de Savoie, Chambéry, France

FURTHER INFORMATION

Projects

DivScaling

The main objective of this project is to elaborate how different diversity components in Swiss forest change with increasing area and how they depend on changing heterogeneity.

Publications WSL

Scientific publication article peer reviewed

Portier, J.; Wunder, J.; Stadelmann, G.; Zell, J.; Abegg, M.; Thürig, E.; Rohner, B., 2021: 'Latent reserves': A hidden treasure in National Forest Inventories. Journal of Ecology, 109: 369-383. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13487

Girardin, M.P.; Portier, J.; Remy, C.C.; Ali, A.A.; Paillard, J.; Blarquez, O.; Asselin, H.; Gauthier, S.; Grondin, P.; Bergeron, Y., 2019: Coherent signature of warming-induced extreme sub-continental boreal wildfire activity 4800 and 1100 years BP. Environmental Research Letters, 14, 12: 124042 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab59c9

Portier, J.; Gauthier, S.; Bergeron, Y., 2019: Spatial distribution of mean fire size and occurrence in eastern Canada: influence of climate, physical environment and lightning strike density. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 28, 12: 927-940. doi: 10.1071/WF18220