Many forests in the Alps are acknowledged for protecting objects, such as (rail) roads, against rockfall. However, there is a lack of knowledge on efficient silvicultural strategies and interventions to maintain these forests at optimal protection level. Therefore, assessment tools are required that quantify the rockfall protection effect of forest stands over time, and thereby provide the ability to evaluate the necessity and effect of management interventions. This paper introduces such a tool that consists of a 3D rockfall module embedded in the patch based forest simulator PICUS. The latter is extended for this study with a new regeneration module. In a series of experiments the new combined simulation tool is evaluated with regard to p...
International audienceSound knowledge of the spatial and temporal patterns of rockfalls is fundament...
International audienceIn order to model explicitly in 3D rockfall on forested slopes, we developed a...
Site-specific information about the level of protection that mountain forests provide is often not a...
Many forests in the Alps are acknowledged for protecting objects, such as (rail) roads, against rock...
Abstract. Many slopes in the Alps are prone to rockfall and forests play a vital role in protecting ...
Many slopes in the Alps are prone to rockfall and forests play a vital role in protecting objects su...
International audienceNatural hazards are frequent in mountain areas where they regularly cause casu...
Adequate management of a mountain forest that protects downslope areas against impacts of rockfall r...
International audienceOnly a few rockfall simulation models take into account the mitigating effect ...
International audienceOnly a few rockfall simulation models take into account the mitigating effect ...
Forests are an important factor in the protection against rockfall and their decline could lead to a...
In southeast Europe, silvicultural measures for improving forest protective effects against rockfall...
Forests below rocky cliffs often play a very important role in protecting settlements against rockfa...
Worldwide, mountain forests represent a significant factor in reducing rockfall risk over long perio...
International audienceSound knowledge of the spatial and temporal patterns of rockfalls is fundament...
International audienceIn order to model explicitly in 3D rockfall on forested slopes, we developed a...
Site-specific information about the level of protection that mountain forests provide is often not a...
Many forests in the Alps are acknowledged for protecting objects, such as (rail) roads, against rock...
Abstract. Many slopes in the Alps are prone to rockfall and forests play a vital role in protecting ...
Many slopes in the Alps are prone to rockfall and forests play a vital role in protecting objects su...
International audienceNatural hazards are frequent in mountain areas where they regularly cause casu...
Adequate management of a mountain forest that protects downslope areas against impacts of rockfall r...
International audienceOnly a few rockfall simulation models take into account the mitigating effect ...
International audienceOnly a few rockfall simulation models take into account the mitigating effect ...
Forests are an important factor in the protection against rockfall and their decline could lead to a...
In southeast Europe, silvicultural measures for improving forest protective effects against rockfall...
Forests below rocky cliffs often play a very important role in protecting settlements against rockfa...
Worldwide, mountain forests represent a significant factor in reducing rockfall risk over long perio...
International audienceSound knowledge of the spatial and temporal patterns of rockfalls is fundament...
International audienceIn order to model explicitly in 3D rockfall on forested slopes, we developed a...
Site-specific information about the level of protection that mountain forests provide is often not a...