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Fire risk and damage models; forest management planning; multiple criteria optimization; trade-off analysis

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Discover Forests: Open for submissions - Landscape Management Planning for Multiple Ecosystem Services in Forests
Discover Forests: Open for submissions – Landscape Management Planning for Multiple Ecosystem Services in Forests
With editorial coordination exclusively carried out by researchers from the Forest Research Centre (CEF), Springer … Read More
Methodology Based on ALS Data and Diameter Distribution Simulation to Characterize Management Units at Tree Level
New CEF article proposes methodology for characterising Management Units (MUs) in dense forests
An article by a CEF PhD student published in the journal Remote Sensing (MDPI) highlights … Read More
New CEF article explores an innovative approach to optimizing forest management with fire simulation
New CEF article explores an innovative approach to optimizing forest management with fire simulation
CEF researcher Susete Marques took part in a study that describes an iterative approach for … Read More
Special Issue "Integrated Assessment of Global Environmental Change and Forest Ecosystems" is now open for submission
Special Issue “Integrated Assessment of Global Environmental Change and Forest Ecosystems” is now open for submission
CEF researchers Susete Marques and Ana Maria Cuartas are the guest editors of the special … Read More
New CEF paper presents two models for optimising the construction and maintenance of forest road networks
New CEF paper presents two models for optimising the construction and maintenance of forest road networks
“Road network, landing location, and routing optimization for forest smallholders landscapes” is the new article … Read More
Call for applications for a Postdoctoral scholarship - Project MODFIRE
Call for applications for a Postdoctoral scholarship – Project MODFIRE
A tender is open for the attribution of a Postdoctoral Research Scholarship within the scope … Read More

Publications

Scientific Articles (ISI)

Abate D. , Marques S., Bushenkov V., Riffo J., Weintraub A., Constantino M., Lagoa C., Borges J.G. (2024)

Assessment of tradeoffs between ecosystem services in large spatially constrained forest management planning problems

Front. For. Glob. Change, Volume 7. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2024.1368608

Alvelos F., Martins I., Marques S. (2024)

Forest management with fire simulation.

European Journal of Operational Research. DOI: doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2024.10.013

Constantino M. F., Mesquita M., Marques S., Tóth S. F., Borges J. G. (2024)

Road network, landing location, and routing optimization for forest smallholders landscapes

International Transactions in Operational Research, 1–30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.13485

Magalhães J.A., Guerra-Hernández J., Cosenza D. N., Marques S., Borges J.G., Tomé M. (2024)

Development of a Methodology Based on ALS Data and Diameter Distribution Simulation to Characterize Management Units at Tree Level

Remote Sens., 16(22), 4238 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16224238

Marques, S., Rodrigues, A.R., Paulo, J.A., Botequim, B., Borges, J.G. (2024)

Addressing Carbon Storage in Forested Landscape Management Planning—An Optimization Approach and Application in Northwest Portugal.

Forests 2024, 15, 408. . DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f15030408

Pavani-Biju B., Borges J.G., Marques S., Teodoro A. C. (2024)

Enhancing Forest Site Classification in Northwest Portugal: A Geostatistical Approach Employing Cokriging

Sustainability, 16, 6423. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su16156423

Ferreira L., Baptista A. N., Constantino M., Marques S., Martins I., Borges J.G. (2023)

Integrating wildfire resistance and environmental concerns into a sustainable forest ecosystem management approach

Frontiers in Forest and Global Change 6 . DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1177698

Abate D., Borges J.G., Marques S., Bushenkov V. (2022)

An ecological-economic approach to assess impacts of the expansion of eucalyptus plantations in agroforest landscapes of Northern Ethiopia

Forests, 13 (5): 686. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f13050686

Kindu M., Bingham L.R., Borges J.G., Marques S., Nahorna O., Eggers J., Knoke T. (2022)

Opportunity costs of in situ carbon storage derived by multiple-objective stand-level optimization – results from case studies in Portugal and Germany

Land, 11(11): 2085. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/land11112085

Mesquita M., Marques S., Marques M., Marto M., Constantino M., Borges J.G. (2022)

An optimization approach to design forest road networks and plan timber transportation.

Operational Research, 22: 2973–3001. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12351-021-00640-7

Botequim B., Bugalho M.N., Rodrigues A.R., Marques S., Marto M., Borges J.G. (2021)

Combining tree species composition and understory coverage indicators with optimization techniques to address concerns with landscape-level biodiversity

Land 2021, 10: 126. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/land10020126

Cantarinha A., Moreira E., Oliveira M., Marques S., Mexia J.T. (2021)

A risk model for forest fires based on asymptotic results for multivariate collective models. Single models and structured families of models

Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods. . DOI: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2022.2034867.

Marques M., Reynolds K.M., Marques S., Marto M., Paplanus S., Borges J.G. (2021)

A participatory and spatial multicriteria decision approach to prioritize the allocation of ecosystem services to management units

Land, 10(7): 747. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/land10070747

Marques S., Bushenkov V., Lotov A., Borges J.G. (2021)

Building Pareto Frontiers for ecosystem services tradeoff analysis in forest management planning integer programs

Forests, 12(9): 1244. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/f12091244

Marto M., Bushenkov V.A., Reynolds K.M., Borges J.G., Marques S. (2021)

A web-based approach for visualizing interactive decision maps

Information, 12(1): 9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/info12010009

Mesquita M., Marques S., Marques M., Marto M., Constantino M., Borges J.G. (2021)

An optimization approach to design forest road networks and plan timber transportation

Operational Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12351-021-00640-7

Rodrigues A.R., Marques S., Botequim B., Marto M., Borges J.G. (2021)

Forest management for optimizing soil protection: a landscape-level approach

Forest Ecosystems, 8: 50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-021-00324-w

Marques S., Bushenkov V.A., Lotov A.V., Marto M., Borges J.G. (2020)

Bi-level participatory forest management planning supported by Pareto frontier visualization

Forest Science, 66(4): 490-500. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/forsci/fxz014

Marto M., Reynolds K.M., Borges J.G., Bushenkov V. A., Marques S., Marques M., Barreiro S., Botequim B., Tomé M. (2019)

Web-Based forest resources management decision support system

Forests, 10(12): 1079.

Marto M., Reynolds K.M., Borges J.G., Bushenkov V.A., Marques S. (2018)

Combining decision support approaches for optimizing the selection of bundles of ecosystem services

Forests, 9(7): 438.

Borges J.G., Marques S., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Rahman A.U., Bushenkov V.A., Sottomayor M., Carvalho P.O., Nordström E.-M. (2017)

A multiple criteria approach for negotiating ecosystem services supply targets and forest owners’ programs

Forest Science, 63: 49–61. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5849/FS-2016-035

Botequim B., Arias-Rodil M., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Silva A., Marques S., Borges J.G., Oliveira M.M., Tomé M. (2017)

Modelling post-fire mortality in pure and mixed forest stands in Portugal – A forest planning-oriented model

Sustainability, 9(3): 390.

Marques S., Marto M., Bushenkov V.A., McDill M.E., Borges J.G. (2017)

Addressing wildfire risk in forest management planning with multiple criteria decision making methods

Sustainability, 9(2): 298.

Orazio C., Montoya R., Régolini M., Borges J.G., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Barreiro S., Botequim B., Marques S., Sedmák R., Smreček R., Brodrechtová Y., Brukas V., Chirici G., Marchetti M., Moshammer R., Biber P., Corrigan E., Eriksson L. O., Favero M., Galev E., Geerten E., Hengeveld M., Kavaliauskas M., Mozgeris G., Navrátil R., Nieuwenhuis M., Paligorov I., Pettenella D., Stanislovaitis A., Tomé M., Trubins R., Tuček J., Vizzarri M., Wallin I., Pretzsch H., Sallnäs O. (2017)

Decision support tools and strategies to simulate forest landscape evolutions integrating forest owner behavior: a review from the case studies of the European Project, INTEGRAL

Sustainability, 9(4): 599.

Biber P., Borges J.G., Moshammer R., Barreiro S., Botequim B., BrodrechtováY., Brukas V., Chirici G., Cordero-Debets R., Corrigan E., Ola Eriksson L., Favero M., Galev E., Garcia- Gonzalo J., Hengeveld G., Kavaliauskas M., Marchetti M., Marques S., Mozgeris G., Navrátil R., Nieuwenhuis M., Orazio C., Paligorov I., Pettenella D., Sedmák R., Smrecek R., Stanislovaitis A., Tomé M., Trubins R., Tucek J., Vizzarri M., Wallin I., Pretzsc H., Sallnäs O. (2015)

How sensitive are ecosystem services in european forest landscapes to silvicultural treatment?

Forests, 6(5):1666-1695.

Botequim B., Zubizarreta-Gerendiain A., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Silva A., Marques S., Fernandes P.M., Pereira J.M.C., Tomé M. (2015)

A model of shrub biomass accumulation as a tool to support management of Portuguese forests

iForest – Biogeosciences and Forestry, 8:114-125.

Tuček J., Sedmák R., Majlingová A., Sedliak M., Marques S. (2015)

Decision support systems in Slovak forestry planning: a systematic review

Forestry Journal Lesnícky Časopis Forestry Journal, 61: 19-30.

Borges J.G., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Bushenkov V.A., McDill M. E., Marques S., Oliveira M.M. (2014)

Addressing multi-criteria forest management with Pareto Frontier methods: an application in Portugal

Forest Science, 60: 63-72.

Botequim B., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Marques S., Ricardo A., Borges J. G., Oliveira M.M., Tomé J., Tomé M., (2013)

Developing wildfire risk probability models for Eucalyptus globulus stands in Portugal

iForest – Biogeosciences and Forestry, 6: 217-227.

Garcia-Gonzalo J., Zubizarreta-Gerendiain A., Ricardo A., Marques S., Botequim B., Borges J. G., Oliveira M.M., Tomé M., Pereira J.M.C. (2012)

Modelling wildfire risk in pure and mixed forest stands in Portugal

Allgemeine Forst und Jagdzeitung (AFJZ) – German Journal of Forest Research, 183 (11/12): 238-248.

Marques S., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Botequim B., Ricardo A., Borges J.G., Tomé M., Oliveira M.M. (2012)

Assessing wildfire risk probability in Pinus pinaster Ait. stands in Portugal

Forest Systems, 21(1): 111-120.

Garcia-Gonzalo J., Marques S., Borges J.G., Botequim B., Oliveira M.M., Tomé J., Tomé M. (2011)

A three-step approach to post-fire mortality modelling in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) stands for enhanced forest planning in Portugal

Forestry, 84(2): 197-206.

Marques S., Borges J.G., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Moreira F., Carreiras J.M.B., Oliveira M.M.,Cantarinha A., Botequim B., Pereira J.M.C. (2011)

Characterization of wildfires in Portugal

European Journal of Forest Research, 130(5):775-784.

Marques S., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Borges J.G., Botequim B., Oliveira M.M., Tomé J., Tomé M. (2011)

Developing post-fire Eucalyptus globulus stand damage and tree mortality models for enhanced forest planning in Portugal

Silva Fennica, 45(1): 69-83.

Borges P.J., Fragoso R., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Borges J. G., Marques S., Lucas M.R. (2010)

Assessing impacts of Common Agricultural Policy changes on regional land use patterns with a decision support system. An application in Southern Portugal

Forest Policy and Economics, 12(2): 111-120.

Books
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Book Chapters

Santos, C., Xambre, A. R., Hall, A., Alvelos, H., Marques, S., Martins, I., & Alvelos, F. (2022)

Modelling Forest Fire Spread Through Discrete Event Simulation

In: In Congress of the Portuguese Association of Operational Research (pp. 209-226). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.. DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.1007/978-3-031-46439-3_15

Borges J.G., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Marques S., Valdebenito V., McDill M.E., Falcão A.O. (2014)

Strategic management scheduling

In: The management of industrial forest plantations. Theoretical foundations and applications. Borges J.G., L. Diaz-Balteiro, M.E. McDill, L.C.E. Rodriguez (Eds.). Springer, Managing Forest Ecosystems, 33, pp. 171-238. ISBN: 978-94-017-8898-4

Natário I., Oliveira M.M., Marques S. (2014)

Using INLA to estimate a highly dimensional spatial model for forest fires in Portugal

In: New advances in statistical modeling and applications. Pacheco A., Santos R., Oliveira R., Paulino C., (Eds.). Springer International Publishing, pp. 239-247. ISBN: 978-3-319-05323-3 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05323-3_23

Borges J G., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Guerra-Hernandez J., Marques S., Palma J. (2013)

A decision support system for forest management planning under climate change

In: Adapting to climate change in European forests – results of the MOTIVE Project. J. Fitzgerald and M. Linder (Eds.). Pensoft, pp. 89-92. URL: https://efi.int/sites/default/files/files/publication-bank/projects/MOTIVE2_FINAL_FULL.pdf

Borges J.G., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Guerra-Hernandez J., Marques S., Palma J.H.N. (2013)

Chapter IX. A decision support system for forest management planning under climate change

In: Adapting to climate change in European forests – results of the MOTIVE Project. J. Fitzgerald and M. Linder (Eds.). Pensoft, pp. 89-92.. URL: http://motive.pensoft.net/NPDOCS/MOTIVE2_FINAL_FULL.pdf

Oliveira M.M., Natário I., Marques S., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Botequim B., Borges J.G., Tomé M., Pereira J.M., Tomé J., Demétrio C. (2013)

Aplicações estatísticas em análise de catástrofes naturais. O caso da ocorrência e impacte dos incêndios florestais sobre a floresta em Portugal

In: Matemática do Planeta Terra. F.P. Costa, J.T. Pinto, J. Buescu (Eds.). ISTPress, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, pp. 235-261. ISBN: 978-989-8481-26-9 URL: http://istpress.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/node/380

Projects

E-marketplace

PIV.1.3. Emarketplace dos produtos florestais

Duration: 2023-2025

CEF Budget: 80036.00 €

PFNL

Produtos Florestais Não Lenhosos

Duration: 2022-2024

CEF Budget: 101290.13 €

ResAlliance

Landscape resilience knowledge alliance for agriculture and forestry in the Mediterranean basin

Duration: 2022-2024

CEF Budget: 329187.50€ €

DECISIONES

Decision Support for the Supply of Ecosystem Services under Global Change

Duration: 2021-2025

CEF Budget: 258300,00 €

FIRE-RES

Tecnologias inovadoras & soluções sócio-ecológicas-económicas para territórios resistentes aos incêndios na Europa

Duration: 2021-2025

CEF Budget: 633455.84 € €

O3F

An Optimization Framework to reduce Forest Fire

Duration: 2021-2024

MEDFOR II

Erasmus Mundus Master’s Program – Mediterranean Forestry and Natural Resources Management

Duration: 2020-2025

CEF Budget: 3661800 €

WILDFOOD

Eating the wild: Improving the value-chain of Mediterranean Wild Food Products

Duration: 2020-2023

CEF Budget: 67000 €

MODFIRE

A multiple criteria approach to integrate wildfire behavior in forest management planning

Duration: 2019-2023

CEF Budget: 219946.25 €

NOBEL

Novel business models to sustainably supply forest ecosystem services

Duration: 2019-2022

CEF Budget: 49800 €