Bernard BENET (INRAE ROMEA Robotics team, Clermont-Ferrand), Anders MÅRELL (INRAE UR EFNO, Nogent-sur-Vernisson) and Yves BOSCARDIN (INRAE UR EFNO, Nogent-sur-Vernisson) have just published an article in “Le Cahier des Techniques INRAE” on the use of artificial intelligence techniques for detecting animals in forest:   The article can be downloaded here: https://www6.inrae.fr/cahier_des_techniques/Les-Cahiers-parus/Les-N-reguliers/2020/Cahier-N-101/Art1-ct101-2020 Abstract: An artificial vision …

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The presentations made during the OPTMix annual meeting on January 9 and 10, 2020 are available by clicking on the download link below for a period of 30 days: https://filesender.renater.fr/?s=download&token=ff89292b-0b68-38ae-5774-2ceff14b74a4

The annual meeting of the project will take place on 9, 10 and 13 January, 2020 at Irstea (INRAE) Nogent-sur-Vernisson. French version of the meeting annoucement and full program for the 9 and 10 of january  

The journal “Notre Forêt” of the Regional Forest Ownership Center Ile-de-France Centre-Val de Loire has just published an article presenting the OPTMix device and the first results obtained about the effects of tree mixing on tree growth, water resource, mineral nutrition and biodiversity. Korboulewsky, N., P. Balandier, Y. Dumas, M. Gosselin, A. Marell and T. …

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An article has just been published in the journal “European Journal of Forest Research” about stand growth and structure of mixed and monospecific stands of Scots pine and Sessile oak. This work was based on plots set up along a productivity gradient in Europe. OPTMix is one of the plots used in this study. Pretzsch, …

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On 1 and 2 July 2019, new measurements of soil water content were carried out by Cyril Dejean (Irstea G-EAU unit in Montpellier) on the OPTMix plots using a neutron probe. This work was carried out under intermediate soil moisture conditions in order to complete the range of measurements required to calibrate the soil water …

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144 automatic band dendrometers (DRS26 SDI12 sensor, Environmental Measuring Systems) are being installed in low and medium density plots. These sensors will allow us to follow trees response to drought and other stressful events (pathogen attack for example) and to compare the species response (sessile oak and Scots pine) according to stand density and stand …

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30 people from INRA’s UR SOLS (https://www6.val-de-loire.inra.fr/ur-sols) research unit came to visit the OPTMix experimental plots on June 24, 2019. After a general presentation by Philippe Balandier, the scientific studies were presented in little workshops: Water resource and sensors (Jordan Bello and Camille Couteau); Tree growth and biodiversity (Thomas Pérot and Marion Gosselin); Understorey dynamics, …

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An article has just been published in the journal “Forest Ecology Management” about the direct and indirect effects of wild ungulates (roe deer, red deer and wild boar) on forest birds’ nesting failure. The study was conducted as part of a Master 2 internship by Amanda Cocquelet in connection with the COSTAUD research project (Contribution …

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An article has just been published in the “Agricultural and Forest Meteorology” journal on how transmittance could be used to monitor tree leaf phenology and development for sessile oak (Quercus petraea). Perot, T., P. Balandier, C. Couteau, S. Perret, V. Seigner and N. Korboulewsky (2019). “Transmitted light as a tool to monitor tree leaf phenology …

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