Features of Model for Forest Management and decision support

Genet A., Wernsdörfer H., Jonard M., Pretzsch H., Rauch M., Ponette Q., Nys C., Legout A., Ranger J., Vallet P., Saint-André L., 2011 Ontogeny partly explains the apparent heterogeneity of published biomass equations for Fagus sylvatica in central Europe. Forest Ecology and Management 261( 7): 1188-1202.

Gomat HY., Deleporte  Ph., Moukini R., Mialounguila G., Ognouabi N., Saya R.A., Vigneron Ph. Saint-Andre, L., 2011. What factors influence the stem taper of Eucalyptus: growth, environment, or genetics? Annals of Forest Science. In Press

  Almeida J.C.R., Laclau J-P., Gonçalves J.L.M., Ranger J., Saint-André L., 2010. A positive growth response to NaCl applications in Eucalyptus plantations established on K-deficient soils. Forest Ecology and Management, 259(9):1786-1795  

 Thongo M’Bou A., Saint-André L., de Grancourt A., Nouvellon Y., Jourdan C., Mialoundama F., Epron D., 2010 Growth and maintenance respiration of roots of clonal eucalyptus cuttings: scaling to stand-level. Plant and soil 332:41–53. DOI 10.1007/s11104-009-0272-y

Nouvellon Y., Laclau J.P., Epron D., Kinana A., Mabiala A., Roupsard  O., Bonnefond J.M., Le Maire G., Marsden C., Bontemps J-D., Saint-Andre L. 2010. Within-stand and seasonal variation of specific leaf area in a clonal Eucalyptus plantation in the Republic of Congo. Forest Ecology and Management. 259(9): 1796-1807. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.023 

 Laclau J-P., Ranger J., Gonçalves JLM, Maquère V., Krushe A.V., Thongo M’Bou A., Nouvellon Y., Saint-André L., Bouillet J-P., Piccolo MC, Deleporte Ph., 2010. Biogeochemical cycles of nutrients in tropical Eucalyptus plantations Main features shown by intensive monitoring in Congo and Brazil, Forest Ecology and Management, 259(9): 1771-1785. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.010

Epron D., Marsden C., Thongo M’Bou A., Saint-André L., d’Annunzio R., Nouvellon Y. 2009 Soil carbon dynamics following afforestation of a tropical savannah with Eucalyptus in Congo. Plant and Soil, 323: 309-322. DOI 10.1007/s11104-009-9939-7.

Laclau JP., Almeida JCR, Gonçalves JLM, Saint-André L., Ventura M., Ranger J., Moreira RM., Nouvellon Y. 2009. Influence of nitrogen and potassium fertilizations on leaf lifespan and allocation of above-ground growth in Eucalyptus plantations. Tree Physiology, 29 :111-124 doi:10.1093/treephys/tpn010

Maquère V., Laclau J.P., Bernoux M., Saint-André L., Gonçalves J.L.M., Cerri C.,Piccolo M., Ranger J. 2008. Influence of land use (cerrado, pastures vs eucalyptus silviculture) on soil organic matter stocks (C and N) in Brazil. European Journal of Soil Science, 59(5):863-877. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2008.01059.x

Chaubert F., Mortier F., Saint-André L. 2008. Multivariate dynamic model for ordinal outcomes. Journal of Multivariate Analysis, 99:1717-1732. doi:10.1016/j.jmva.2008.01.011

 Thongo M’Bou A., Jourdan C., Deleporte Ph., Nouvellon Y., Saint-André L., Bouillet J-P., Mialoundama F., Mabial A., Epron D. 2008 Root elongation in tropical Eucalyptus plantations: effect of soil water contents. Annals of Forest Science 65 (2008) 609. DOI:10.1051/forest:2008038

  Laclau J.-P., Bouillet J.-P., Gonçalves J.L.M., Silva E.V., Jourdan C.  Cunha M.C.S., Moreira M.R., Saint-André L., Gonçalves M.R., Maquère V., Nouvellon Y., Ranger J. 2008 Mixed-species plantations of Acacia mangium and Eucalyptus grandis in Brazil. 1. Growth dynamics and net primary production. Forest Ecology and Management, 255:3905-3917. DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.049

Adu Bredu S., Tape Bi A., Bouillet JP., Kouame Me M., Yamoah Kyei S., Saint-Andre L. 2008. An explicit stem profile model for forked and un-forked teak trees (Tectona grandis) in West Africa. Forest Ecology and Management 255:2189-2203.

 Nouvellon Y., Epron D., Kinana A., Hamel O., Mabiala A., D’annunzio R., Deleporte Ph.,  Saint-André L., Marsden C., Roupsard O., Bouillet J-P., Laclau J-P., 2008. Soil CO2 effluxes, soil carbon balance, and early tree growth following savannah afforestation in Congo: comparison of two site preparation treatments. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 1926-1936.

D’Annunzio R.,  Conche S., Landais D., Saint-André L., Joffre R., Barthes B. 2008 Pairwise comparison of soil organic particle-size distributions in native savannas and Eucalyptus plantations in Congo. Forest Ecology and Management 255:1050-1056.

D’Annunzio R.,  Zeller B., Nicolas M., Dhôte J-F., Saint-André L., 2008. Decomposition of European Beech (Fagus Sylvatica) litter: combining quality theory and 15N-labelling experiments. Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry 40:322-333.

Marsden C., Nouvellon Y., Thongo M’Bou A., Saint-André L., Jourdan C., Kinana A., Epron D. 2008. Two independent estimations of stand level root respiration on clonal Eucalyptus stands in Congo: up scaling of direct measurements on roots versus the trenched-plot technique. New Phytologist, 177 (3), 676-687. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02300.x

  Leroy C., Saint-André L., Auclair D., 2007. Practical methods for non-destructive measurement of tree leaf area. Agroforestry systems. 71:99–108. DOI. 10.1007/s10457-007-9077-2.

 Epron D., Nouvellon Y., Deleporte Ph., Ifo S., Kazotti G., Thongo M’bou A., Mouvondy W., Saint-Andre L., Roupsard O., Jourdan C., Hamel O., 2006. Soil carbon balance in a clonal Eucalyptus plantation in Congo: effects of logging on carbon inputs and soil CO2 efflux. Global Change and Biology 12:1021-1031.

Sicard C., Saint-André L., Gelhaye D., Ranger J., 2006. Effect of initial fertilisation on biomass, nutrient content and nutrient-use efficiency of even-aged Norway spruce and Douglas-fir stands planted in the same ecological conditions. Trees Structure and Function. 20:229-246.

Epron D., Nouvellon Y., Roupsard O., Mouvondy W., Mabiala A., Saint-André L., Joffre R., Jourdan C., Bonnefond J-M., Berbigier P., Hamel O., 2004. Spatial and temporal variation of soil respiration in a Eucalyptus plantation in Congo. Forest Ecology and Management 202:149-160.

Cornillon PA., Saint-André L., Bouvet J-M., Vigneron Ph., 2003, Using B-Splines for growth curves classification : applications to Eucalypt clones. Forest Ecology and Management 176(3):75-85.

Bouillet J-P., Laclau J-P., Arnaud M., Thongo M’Bou, A., Saint-André L., Jourdan C., 2002, Changes with age in the spatial distribution of roots of an Eucalyptus clone in  Congo. Impact on water and nutrient uptake ability. Forest Ecology and Management 171(1):43-57.

Saint-André L., Laclau J-P., Deleporte Ph., Ranger J., Gouma R., Saya A.,  Joffre R., 2002, A generic model for the dynamics of nutrients concentration within the stem wood over the whole stand rotation. Annals of Botany  90(1):65-76.

Saint-André L., Vallet P., Pignard G., Dupouey J.L., Colin A., Loustau D., Le Bas C., Meredieu C., Caraglio Y., Porté A., Hamza N., Cazin A., Nouvellon Y., Dhôte J.F. 2010. Estimating carbon stocks in forest stands: 1. Methodological developments. In : Loustau Denis (ed.). Forests, carbon cycle and climate change. Versailles : Ed. Quae, p. 79-100.

Saint-André L., Laclau J-P., Deleporte Ph., Gava J.L., Gonçalves J. L. M., Mendham D., Nzila J. D., Smith C., du Toit B., Xu D.P., Sankaran K.V., Marien J.N., Nouvellon Y., Bouillet J-P., Ranger J. 2008. Slash and Litter management effects on eucalyptus productivity : a synthesis using a growth and yield modelling approach. /In, Nambiar, E.K.S. (Editor) Site Management and Productivity in Tropical Plantation Forests. Proceedings of Workshops in Piracicaba (Brazil) 22-26 November 2004 and Bogor (Indonesia) 6-9 November 2006/. Bogor, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), 2008.CIFOR 2008. p 173-189.

Laclau J.-P., Ranger J., Deleporte P., Safou-Matondo R.,  Nouvellon Y., Saint-André L., Bouillet J.-P. 2007. Modifications of the biogeochemical cycles of nutrients in a Congolese savanna after afforestation with eucalypts. In: Forest Ecology Research Horizons, Editor: Nole C. Verne, pp: 1-38 © 2007 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. ISBN1- 1-60021-490-8

 De Coligny F., Ancelin P., Cornu G., Courbaud B., Dreyfus P., Goreaud F., Gourlet-Fleury S., Meredieu C., Saint-André L. 2003. CAPSIS: Computer-aided profection for strategies in Silviculture: Advantages of a shared forest-modelling platform. In: Amaro A., Reed D., Soares P. editors, CAB International  p 319-323.

C. Meredieu, Ph. Dreyfus , V. Cucchi, L. Saint-André, S. Perret, C. Deleuze, J.F. Dhôte, F. deColigny 2009, La plateforme de simulation Capsis : exemples d’utilisation appliqués à la gestion. Forêt-Entreprise 186(5):32-36.