Avitabile, V., Pilli, R., Migliavacca, M., Duveiller, G., Camia, A., Blujdea, V., Adolt, R., Alberdi, I., Barreiro, S., Bender, S., Borota, D., Bosela, M., Bouriaud, O., Breidenbach, J., Cañellas, I., Čavlović, J., Colin, A., Di Cosmo, L., Donis, J., ... Mubareka, S. (06 March 2024). Harmonised statistics and maps of forest biomass and increment in Europe. Scientific Data, 11 (1), 274. doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02868-8
Forest biomass is an essential resource in relation to the green transition and its assessment is...
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Gilles, A.* , Jonathan, L.* , Cansell, J.* , Latte, N.* , Piedallu, C.* , & Claessens, H.*. (02 February 2024). Spatial and remote sensing monitoring shows the end of the bark beetle outbreak on Belgian and north-eastern France Norway spruce (Picea abies) stands. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 196 (3), 226. doi:10.1007/s10661-024-12372-0
In 2022, Europe emerged from eight of the hottest years on record, leading to significant spruce ...
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Dupuis, C., Fayolle, A., Bastin, J.-F., Latte, N., & Lejeune, P. (26 September 2023). Monitoring selective logging intensities in central Africa with sentinel-1: A canopy disturbance experiment. Remote Sensing of Environment, 298, 113828. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2023.113828
Forest degradation is a major threat to tropical forests, and effective monitoring using remotely...
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Gilles, A., Lisein, J., Latte, N., Lejeune, P., & Claessens, H. (2023). Est-ce la fin de la crise des scolytes ? Suivi du phénomène par télédétection. Silva Belgica, 2023 (3), 24-33.
L’équipe de Gestion des ressources forestières de Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech a réalisé des cartes ann...
Bolyn, C., Lejeune, P., Michez, A., & Latte, N. (October 2022). Mapping tree species proportions from satellite imagery using spectral–spatial deep learning. Remote Sensing of Environment, 280, 113205. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2022.113205
Remote sensing can be used to collect information related to forest management. Previous studies ...
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Dorado-Liñán, I., Ayarzagüena, B., Babst, F., Xu, G., Gil, L., Battipaglia, G., Buras, A., Čada, V., Camarero, J. J., Cavin, L., Claessens, H., Drobyshev, I., Garamszegi, B., Grabner, M., Hacket-Pain, A., Hartl, C., Hevia, A., Janda, P., Jump, A. S., ... Trouet, V. (19 April 2022). Jet stream position explains regional anomalies in European beech forest productivity and tree growth. Nature Communications, 13 (1), 2015. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29615-8
The mechanistic pathways connecting ocean-atmosphere variability and terrestrial productivity are...
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Lejeune, P., Michez, A., Perin, J., Gilles, A., Latte, N., Ligot, G., Lisein, J., & Claessens, H. (2022). L’ÉPICÉA WALLON : ÉTAT DE LA RESSOURCE EN 2021. Silva Belgica.
La surface de la pessière wallonne a diminué de 30 % entre 1980 et 2010. L’exploitation d’un gran...
Leclere, L., Lejeune, P., Bolyn, C., & Latte, N. (11 March 2022). Estimating Species-Specific Stem Size Distributions of Uneven-Aged Mixed Deciduous Forests Using ALS Data and Neural Networks. Remote Sensing, 14 (6), 1362. doi:10.3390/rs14061362
Sustainable forest management requires accurate fine-scale description of wood resources. Stem si...
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Martinez Del Castillo, E., Zang, C. S., Buras, A., Hacket-Pain, A., Esper, J., Serrano-Notivoli, R., Hartl, C., Weigel, R., Klesse, S., Resco de Dios, V., Scharnweber, T., Dorado-Liñán, I., van der Maaten-Theunissen, M., van der Maaten, E., Jump, A., Mikac, S., Banzragch, B.-E., Beck, W., Cavin, L., ... de Luis, M. (10 March 2022). Climate-change-driven growth decline of European beech forests. Communications Biology, 5 (1), 163. doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03107-3
The growth of past, present, and future forests was, is and will be affected by climate variabili...
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Latte, N., Perin, J., Lejeune, P., & Claessens, H. (2022). Le point sur l’équilibre feuillus/résineux et son évolution en forêt wallonne. Forêt.Nature, 165, 31-39.
Figé par le code forestier en 2008, le principe même d’un équilibre prédéfini entre essences feui...
Leclere, L., Latte, N., Bolyn, C., & Lejeune, P. (2021). Mapping Natural Regeneration in Canopy Gaps from Seedlings to Saplings in Uneven-Aged Deciduous Forests using ALS Data. In M. Hollaus & N. Pfeifer, Proceedings of the SilviLaser Conference 2021 (Vol. 104) (pp. 83-86). doi:10.34726/wim.1923
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Georges, B., Michez, A., Latte, N., Lejeune, P., & Brostaux, Y. (2021). Water stream heating dynamics around extreme temperature events: An innovative method combining GAM and differential equations. Journal of Hydrology. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126600
The highlighting and study of extreme water temperatures, which endanger numerous species, is of ...
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Huylenbroeck, L., Latte, N., Lejeune, P., Georges, B., Claessens, H., & Michez, A. (20 March 2021). What Factors Shape Spatial Distribution of Biomass in Riparian Forests? Insights from a LiDAR Survey over a Large Area. Forests, 12 (371). doi:10.3390/f12030371
Riparian ecosystems are home to a remarkable biodiversity, but have been degraded in many regions...
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Candaele, R., Lejeune, P., Licoppe, A., Malengreaux, C., Brostaux, Y., Morelle, K., & Latte, N. (December 2020). Comment réduire l’écorcement du cerf sur l’épicéa, première essence de production en Wallonie ? Forêt.Nature, 157 (octobre - décembre), p. 47-57.
L’épicéa est la principale essence de Wallonie et parmi les plus importante d’Europe. Elle est ...
Bolyn, C., Latte, N., Colson, V., Fourbisseur, A., Vanderheeren, N., & Lejeune, P. (November 2020). Une carte des principaux types de peuplements forestiers de Belgique et du Nord de la France. Forêt.Nature, 156, p. 48-57.
La connaissance de la ressource forestière à l’échelle d’une région ou d’un pays est un préalable...
Candaele, R., Lejeune, P., Licoppe, A., Malengreaux, C., Brostaux, Y., Morelle, K., & Latte, N. (2020). Mitigation of bark stripping on spruce: the need for red deer population control. European Journal of Forest Research, 14. doi:10.1007/s10342-020-01326-z
Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) is a major production tree species for the European wood ...
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Michez, A., Huylenbroeck, L., Bolyn, C., Latte, N., Bauwens, S., & Lejeune, P. (01 October 2020). Can regional aerial images from orthophoto surveys produce high quality photogrammetric Canopy Height Model? A single tree approach in Western Europe. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 92, 102190. doi:10.1016/j.jag.2020.102190
Forest monitoring tools are needed to promote effective and data driven forest management and for...
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Tasseroul, M.-P., Latte, N., & Claessens, H. (2020). Le tilleul à petites feuilles : Un atout indéniable pour faire face aux changements globaux présents et à venir. Silva Belgica.
Depuis plusieurs années, l’influence des changements globaux se manifeste de plus en plus clairem...
Latte, N., & Lejeune, P. (23 July 2020). PlanetScope Radiometric Normalization and Sentinel-2 Super-Resolution (2.5 m): A Straightforward Spectral-Spatial Fusion of Multi-Satellite Multi-Sensor Images Using Residual Convolutional Neural Networks. Remote Sensing, 12. doi:10.3390/rs12152366
Sentinel-2 (S2) imagery is used in many research areas and for diverse applications. Its spectral...
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Latte, N., Gaucher, P., Bolyn, C., Lejeune, P., & Michez, A. (16 April 2020). Upscaling UAS Paradigm to UltraLight Aircrafts: A Low-Cost Multi-Sensors System for Large Scale Aerial Photogrammetry. Remote Sensing, 12 (8). doi:10.3390/rs12081265
The use of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) has rapidly grown in many civil applications since the ...
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Leclere, L., Lejeune, P., & Latte, N. (31 January 2020). Modeling distribution of trees stem circumference by species using LiDAR data in mixed deciduous temperate forests [Poster presentation]. 25th National Symposium for Applied Biological Sciences (NSABS), Gembloux, Belgium.
Bolyn, C., Latte, N., Fourbisseur, A., Colson, V., Baudry, O., & Lejeune, P. (2020). Cartographie et caractérisation des arbres hors forêt à l’aide de la technologie LiDAR. Forêt.Nature, 155, p. 34-46.
Il est aujourd’hui admis qu’une part importante de la ressource ligneuse se trouve en dehors de l...
Latte, N., Taverniers, P., de Jaegere, T., & Claessens, H. (2020). Dendroecological assessment of climate resilience of the rare and scattered forest tree species Tilia cordata Mill. in northwestern Europe. Forestry. doi:10.1093/forestry/cpaa011
To increase forest resilience to global change, forest managers are often directing forest stands...
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Bolyn, C., Lejeune, P., Michez, A., & Latte, N. (2019). Automated Classification of Trees outside Forest for Supporting Operational Management in Rural Landscapes. Remote Sensing, 11 (10), 1146. doi:10.3390/rs11101146
Trees have important and diverse roles that make them essential outside of the forest. The use of...
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Claessens, H., de Jaegere, T., Tavernier, P., Tasseroul, M.-P., & Latte, N. (2019). Intégrer le tilleul à petites feuilles dans la sylviculture : une opportunité à saisir pour nos forêts futures. Forêt.Nature, (152), 28-43.
Longtemps ignoré par les forestiers, le tilleul à petites feuilles présente pourtant nombre d’ato...
Leclere, L., Lejeune, P., & Latte, N. (2019). Le LiDAR aérien au service des inventaires forestiers : Application à la futaie feuillue ardennaise [Poster presentation]. Demo Forest, Bertrix, Belgium.
Ce poster présente les premiers résultats d’une étude dont l’objectif est d’évaluer la capacité d...
Candaele, R., Licoppe, A., Malengreaux, C., Brostaux, Y., Latte, N., & Lejeune, P. (11 September 2018). Bark stripping rate as an indicator to monitor red deer populations [Paper presentation]. 48th annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany : Ecology - meeting the scientific challenges of a complex world, Vienne, Austria.
Wild ungulates, including red deer, have become abundant in Wallonia (Belgium) as well as in many...
Latte, N., Lebourgeois, F., Kint, V., Drouet, T., & Claessens, H. (01 March 2018). Le Hêtre face au changement climatique : le cas de la Belgique. Revue Forestière Française, 69 (3), 205-218. doi:10.4267/2042/65336
Cet article s’intéresse à la relation entre le Hêtre (Fagus sylvatica L.) et son environnement à ...
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Dubois, H., Latte, N., & Claessens, H. (01 March 2017). Les peuplements à bouleau en forêt wallonne: reflet de la sylviculture du 20ème siècle. Forêt.Nature, 142, 56-66.
Le bouleau est présent sous des formes diverses dans nos forêts. La place qu’il occupe en forêt w...
Latte, N. (2017). Comment le changement climatique influence-t-il la croissance du hêtre (Fagus sylvatica L.) le long du gradient bioclimatique de la Belgique ? Une approche dendroécologique [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/206659
Les nombreuses pertes de vitalité observées sur le hêtre (Fagus sylvatica L.) un peu partout en E...
Latte, N., Perin, J., & Lejeune, P. (December 2016). Evolution récente des surface forestières et de la régénération des coupes rases en Wallonie. Forêt.Nature, 141, p. 46-51.
Une gestion réfléchie de la ressource forestière à l’échelle d’une région, telle que la Wallonie,...
Alderweireld, M., Rondeux, J., Latte, N., Hebert, J., & Lecomte, H. (2016). National Forest Inventories - Assessment of Wood Availability and Use: Belgium (Wallonia). In C. Vidal, I. A. Alberdi, L. H. Mateo, ... J. J. Redmond, National Forest Inventories - Assessment of Wood Availability and Use. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-44015-6_8
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Dubois, H., Latte, N., Lecomte, H., & Claessens, H. (October 2016). Le bouleau, une essence qui s'impose. Description de la ressource dans son aire de distribution. Forêt.Nature, 140, p. 44-58.
L'essentiel de la ressource en bouleau (verruqueux et pubescent) se situe en Russie et en Scandin...
Latte, N., Perin, J., Kint, V., Lebourgeois, F., & Claessens, H. (08 August 2016). Major Changes in Growth Rate and Growth Variability of Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Related to Soil Alteration and Climate Change in Belgium. Forests, 7 (174). doi:10.3390/f7080174
Global change—particularly climate change, forest management, and atmospheric deposition—has sign...
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Latte, N., Lebourgeois, F., & Claessens, H. (February 2016). Growth partitioning within beech trees (Fagus sylvatica L.) varies in response to summer heat waves and related droughts. Trees: Structure and Function, 30 (1), 189-201. doi:10.1007/s00468-015-1288-y
To characterize growth partitioning within the tree and its responses to climate, we studied 8 do...
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Latte, N., Kint, V., Drouet, T., Penninckx, V., Lebourgeois, F., Vanwijnsberghe, S., & Claessens, H. (21 December 2015). Dendroécologie du hêtre en forêt de Soignes : Les cernes des arbres nous renseignent sur les changements récents et futurs. Forêt.Nature, 137 (Octobre-Novembre-Décembre), 24-37.
La dendroécologie combine la dendrochronologie et l’écologie forestière. Elle a permis d’analyser...
Latte, N., Beeckman, H., Bauwens, S., Bonnet, S., & Lejeune, P. (April 2015). A novel procedure to measure shrinkage-free tree-rings from very large wood samples combining photogrammetry, high-resolution image processing, and GIS tools. Dendrochronologia, 34, 24-28. doi:10.1016/j.dendro.2015.03.002
We present a new procedure for wood sampling and tree-ring measurement that can be used for dendr...
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Latte, N., Lebourgeois, F., & Claessens, H. (February 2015). Increased tree-growth synchronization of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) in response to climate change in northwestern Europe. Dendrochronologia, 33, 69-77. doi:10.1016/j.dendro.2015.01.002
To better understand how the radial growth of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) high forests has respond...
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