Corresponding author: Jean-Pierre Rossi (
Academic editor: Thomas Couvreur
Various species of forest trees are commonly used for ornamental purposes and are therefore frequently found in non-forest ecosystems. These trees constitute a significant component of the trees outside forests (TOF). Although increasingly recognized as prominent feature of agricultural lands and built-up areas, not much is known, however, about TOF since they are generally absent from forest inventories.
In the present study, we focus on the coniferous tree species that constitute potential hosts for a forest defoliator, the pine processionary moth
Forest trees are commonly used for ornamental purposes and are therefore frequently found in non-forest ecosystems, especially in urbanized areas. These trees constitute an important component of the so-called trees outside forests (TOF) defined as “trees on land not defined as forest and other wooded land”, a definition that is dependent on how forests and woodlands are defined themselves (
In the present study, we focus on the coniferous tree species that are potential hosts for a forest defoliator, the pine processionary moth
The geographical range of the PPM is currently expanding northward in relation to climate change (
Because the study was carried out in metropolitan France, we used the official projection RFG93 Lambert-93 (Réseau Géodésique Français 1993 - EPSG code 2154;
An exhaustive inventory of PPM host trees outside forests was carried out in a 22 × 22 km = 484 km2 area located in the north of the Centre region of France (Fig.
France
South: 48.467738 decimal degrees and North: 48.667878 decimal degrees Latitude; West: 1.538854 decimal degrees and East: 1.237294 decimal degrees Longitude.
The inventory accounted for all tree species potentially hosting the PPM. In the study area, this corresponded to the genera
Data were collected between autumn 2009 and winter 2010.
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Coniferous trees inventory in the Beauce region
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Coniferous trees in a 22 by 22 km plot in Beauce
text in csv format
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Column label | Column description |
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longitude_EPSG2154 | Trees longitude in the coordinate reference system EPSG code 2154 (RFG93) |
latitude_EPSG2154 | Trees latitude in the coordinate reference system EPSG code 2154 (RFG93) |
longitude_EPSG4326 | Trees longitude in the coordinate reference system EPSG code 4326 (WSG84) |
latitude_EPSG4326 | Trees latitude in the coordinate reference system EPSG code 4326 (WSG84) |
This research was partly funded by the Région Centre (project ADRIEN) and the INRA meta-program SMaCH – Sustainable Management of Crop Health (project SESAME).
Survey plot (22 × 22 km) where an exhaustive inventory of all trees belonging to the genera
Study plot bounding box
Longitude (EPSG 2154) | Latitude (EPSG 2154) | Longitude (EPSG 4326) | Latitude (EPSG 4326) | |
bottom left | 570017.01063056453 | 6820055.4608164523 |
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bottom right | 592001.36005055474 | 6819872.1581092915 |
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top right | 592184.85387388722 | 6841856.7000891836 |
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top left | 570200.12007769709 | 6842040.0006731432 |
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An exhaustive inventory of coniferous trees in an agricultural landscape
Data type: spatial coordinates
Brief description: The file contains the spatial coordinates of the trees that are potential hosts for the pine processionary moth
File: oo_37992.xml
An exhaustive inventory of coniferous trees in an agricultural landscape
Data type: spatial coordinates in xls format
Brief description: The file contains the spatial coordinates of the trees that are potential hosts for the pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa Den. & Schiff. (
File: oo_38110.xls