matteucci forest monitoring
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LIFE+ EMoNFUr meeting
14-15 May 2012, Ljubliana, Slovenia
Forest monitoring in Europe:
What can we learn and use
for monitoring Urban Forests
Giorgio Matteucci, CNR-ISAFOM, Italy
Primoz Simoncic, SFI, Slovenia
Forest monitoring in Europe
and urban forests
LIFE+ EMoNFUr meeting
14-15 May 2012, Ljubliana, Slovenia
Matteucci G., Simoncic P. Forest monitoring in Europe and UF
6000 sample points
(Level I )
Monitoring in Europe (ICP-Forests)
Level II, ~ 800 plotsAim: status and trends of parameters
Common, clear, shared protocols (science into practice)
Lot of plots, statistical design (sometimes)
Continuity (but: need of national support)
Database
Process understanding often inferential
Data for modelling/validation and use of models
Integrated and combined data evaluation powerful but
relatively “slow”
Research
Aim: process understanding/proactive
Methods development (advancement of science)
Statistical sampling
Rely on projects, sometimes discontinuous
Relatively few plots (particularly when complex and costly)
Development of models
Database
Scale issues
Integrated evaluation of data powerful and “fast”
Studying Urban forests
Something in the middle? (monitoring-research)
Define the scope
Basic and structural features
Response to pressure (e.g. polluttants)
Process understanding (how they function)
Impact/role for urban environment
Do not reinvent the wheel…….
Use of established protocol unless UF peculiarities
o comparability, extension of other networks
Process understanding (how they function)
Relevance for public, policy, ecosystem services
LIFE+ EMoNFUr meeting
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Monitoring basic
and more in-depth parameters/variables
LIFE+ EMoNFUr meeting
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Matteucci G., Simoncic P. Forest monitoring in Europe and UF
Basic features: characterise forest structures and main attributes
INFC, 2005 www.infc.it
Example: Protocol of
the Italian NFI
More intensive monitoring: the ICP-Forests example
Level II, ~ 800 plots
LIFE+ EMoNFUr meeting
14-15 May 2012, Ljubliana, Slovenia
Outline of a typical ICP-Forests plot 1/2
ozone passive
sampler
analysis area (50 50)
buffer zonefence
meteo
station
fenced
bulk
collectors
stemflow
collectors
litter
collectors
grid (10 10)
service
corridor
service
square
ANALYSIS AREA
SERVICE AREAS
BUFFER ZONE
Outline of a typical ICP-Forests plot 2/2
Do we need a sampling “design”?
Example from LIFE+ ManFor C.BD
LIFE+ EMoNFUr meeting
14-15 May 2012, Ljubliana, Slovenia
Matteucci G., Simoncic P. Forest monitoring in Europe and UF
SURVEY METHODOLOGY AND SAMPLING DESIGN
FOR THE POSITIONING OF SILVICULTURAL OPTIONS,
BIODIVERSITY AND CARBON MONITORING
Phase 1) Plots positioning
173,20 m3 ha
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STEP 1
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STEP 2
STEP 1
Phase 1) Plots positioning
SURVEY METHODOLOGY AND SAMPLING DESIGN FOR THE POSITIONING
OF SILVICULTURAL OPTIONS, BIODIVERSITY AND CARBON MONITORING
LIFE+ EMoNFUr meeting
14-15 May 2012, Ljubliana, Slovenia
STEP 3
173,20 m3 ha
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STEP 1
STEP 2
SURVEY METHODOLOGY AND SAMPLING DESIGN FOR THE POSITIONING
OF SILVICULTURAL OPTIONS, BIODIVERSITY AND CARBON MONITORING
Phase 1+) Plots and sampling areas positioning
LIFE+ EMoNFUr meeting
14-15 May 2012, Ljubliana, Slovenia
STEP 3
173,20 m3 ha
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STEP 1
STEP 2
SURVEY METHODOLOGY AND SAMPLING DESIGN FOR THE POSITIONING
OF SILVICULTURAL OPTIONS, BIODIVERSITY AND CARBON MONITORING
Phase 1+) Plots and sampling areas positioning
LIFE+ EMoNFUr meeting
14-15 May 2012, Ljubliana, Slovenia
STEP 3
173,20 m3 ha
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STEP 1
STEP 2
SURVEY METHODOLOGY AND SAMPLING DESIGN FOR THE POSITIONING
OF SILVICULTURAL OPTIONS, BIODIVERSITY AND CARBON MONITORING
Phase 1+) Scheme of sampling areas
LIFE+ EMoNFUr meeting
14-15 May 2012, Ljubliana, Slovenia
Issues and topics
specific for Urban Forests
LIFE+ EMoNFUr meeting
14-15 May 2012, Ljubliana, Slovenia
Matteucci G., Simoncic P. Forest monitoring in Europe and UF
Some issues more specific for/to Urban Forests
Remote+proximal sensing: diversity, health status
Impact and relevance of visitors
Trampling (e.g. vegetation diversity)
o monitor changes in time
o possible “reserved areas”
Services provided to public (e.g.
running, freshness, landscape, walking)
Citizen science
Other ecosystem services
Vicinity to cities
Point source for pollution
o Deposition and impact on forest+vegetation
Presence of species with potential allergic pollens
Presence of Volatile Organic Compound emitters
Impact on local climate (and from local climate)
TOS1
Colognole
Remote and proximal sensing: example from ICP-Forest
Quercus ilex
Quercus
petraea
Fraxinus
ornusArbutus
unedo
Quercus
virgilianaCROWN
PROJECTION
MAP
1:250 scale
TOS1
Colognole
Remote and proximal sensing: example from ICP-Forest
Going further?
Matteucci G., Simoncic P. Forest monitoring in Europe and UF
LIFE+ EMoNFUr meeting
14-15 May 2012, Ljubliana, Slovenia
The earth reactor
Monoterpenes
The earth reactor
VOC+ NOx
BVOC
BVOC
Monoterpenes
The earth reactor
Courtesy of Grignetti et al. 1997
•41 40' 49.3'' N, 12 23' 30.6'‘ E
• 6000 ha
• 25 km from Rome
• From sand dunes to
macchia, evergreen and deciduous
natural forests, pine
plantation, grasslands
Castelporziano, Roma
Fluxes of CO2 – H2O - BVOC – O3 -
NOx
Ozone concentrations
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EMEP station, Montelibretti Castelporziano
Lower concentrations at Castelporziano compared to Montelibretti (40 km inland)
No significant contribution of Castelporziano forest to ozone formation through BVOCS
Relatively high night O3 values in Castelporziano related to land breeze from Rome
Periodo di
misura
Castelporziano
Montelibretti
Fares et al., 2010 BG
Multilevel Research and Monitoring Platforms
To study processes and responses to natural and anthropogenic disturbances
Define the scope
Test a protocol and tailor it if necessary (learnig by doing)
Refer to existing protocols
Develop specific protocols for UF specific issues
Try to produce a concept of different intensity of monitoring (up to
experimental urban forest)
Urban forests are green infrastructures: if monitored and studied,
they become also a research infrastructure
The “scientific” space for this topic is open: EMoNFUr can fill it!!!
Some final reflections
Thanks for your attention!!!!
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