Dr. Jeanne Portier

Function

Scientific staff member

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 C 63

Research interests

Statistical modelling of forest processes and 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 2021	Research scientist Resource Analysis, WSL, Switzerland
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

MainWood

Options for the use of wood in construction will be investigated, developed and tested as a contribution to a functioning circular economy and the Swiss bioeconomy. The aim is to identify the most important leverage points in the value chain to increase the use of wood in construction and to develop ecologically optimal scenarios for the use of wood in Switzerland.

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

Montoro Girona, M.; Aakala, T.; Aquilué, N.; Bélisle, A.; Chaste, E.; Danneyrolles, V.; Díaz-Yáñez, O.; D'Orangeville, L.; Grosbois, G.; Hester, A.; Kim, S.; Kulha, N.; Martin, M.; Moussaoui, L.; Pappas, C.; Portier, J.; Teitelbaum, S.; ... Tremblay, J.; Svensson, J., 2023: Challenges for the sustainable management of the boreal forest under climate change. In: Montoro Girona, M.; Bergeron, Y. (eds), 2023: Boreal forests in the face of climate change. Sustainable management. Cham, Springer. 773-837. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-15988-6_31

Chavardès, R.D.; Danneyrolles, V.; Portier, J.; Girardin, M.P.; Gaboriau, D.M.; Gauthier, S.; Drobyshev, I.; Cyr, D.; Wallenius, T.; Bergeron, Y., 2022: Converging and diverging burn rates in North American boreal forests from the Little Ice Age to the present. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 31, 12: 1184-1193. doi: 10.1071/WF22090

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

Margolis, E.Q.; Guiterman, C.H.; Chavardès, R.D.; Coop, J.D.; Copes‐Gerbitz, K.; Dawe, D.A.; Falk, D.A.; Johnston, J.D.; Larson, E.; Li, H.; Portier, J.; Weisberg, P.J., 2022: The North American tree‐ring fire‐scar network. Ecosphere, 13, 7: e4159 (36 pp.). doi: 10.1002/ecs2.4159

Stadelmann, G.; Portier, J.; Didion, M.; Rogiers, N.; Thürig, E., 2021: From Paris to Switzerland: four pathways to a forest reference level. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 4: 685574 (13 pp.). doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.685574

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Further scientific publications

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Magazine article and brochures

Finger, A.; Portier, J.; Radet, M.; Aubry, M.; Charvoz, M.; Gay, J.; Nicolas, M.; Zimmermann, N., 2022: Changements climatiques et forêts : perception et expériences des gestionnaires de terrain. nature & patrimoine en pays de savoie, 14-20.

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