Raphaël Pélissier


Tropical Forest Ecologist

UMR AMAP
TA A51/PS2
34398 Montpellier cedex 05
France

+33 (0)4 67 61 65 79

Raphael.Pelissier@ird.fr


AMAP web site

IFP web site

Ongoing projects

ALT. Paysages Amazoniens en transition. (ANR AAPG 2021, 2022-2025, J. Chave).

DESSFOR. Degraded stable states in tropical forests. (ANR AAPG 2020, 2021-2024, M. Réjou-Méchain).

Phenobs. Towards a phenology observatory in French Guiana to study climate-vegetation feedbacks and the diversity of plant strategies (Projet Strategique LabEx CEBA, 2020-2023, Nicolas Barbier)

Completed projects

3DForMod. Combining remote sensing and 3D forest modelling to improve tropical forests monitoring of GHG emissions. (H2020 FACE ERA-GAS, 2017-2021, R. Pélissier). [Project web site]

USBIO. Uncertainty in Scenarios of BIOdiversity (Projet Exploratoire LabEx CEMEB, 2017-2019, Y. Shin & P. Verley).
CarboShareAsia. Sharing experience on forest carbon stack assessment and mapping in South Asia (Programme Campus France PHC Bio Asie 2015, 2016-2017, R. Pélissier).

BIOMAP. Intégration de données spatialisées multi-échelles pour la cartographie des types de forêt et de la biomasse en Amapà et Guyane (Programme Guyamazon III, 2015-2017, P. da Silva Aparício, N. Higuchi & P. Couteron).

FOREST. Fully Optimised and Reliable Emissions Tools (EIT-KIC Climate, 2014-2017, P. Parrot).

EFAB. Controlling for upscaling uncertainty in assessment of forest aboveground biomass in the Western Ghats of India (Join Research Project, Cefipra, 2013-2017, P. Couteron & V. K. Dadhwal).

CoForTips. Congo basin forests: tipping points for biodiversity conservation and resilience of forested social and ecological systems (ERA-Net BiodivERsA, 2013-2016, C. Garcia).

STEM-LEAF. STudies based on Experimental and Modelled waveforms for the LEAF (Lidar for Earth And Forests) mission (CNES-Tosca, 2013-2016, S. Durrieu).

FTH-AC. Global change, biodiversity and health in central African moist tropical forests (Programme Pilote Régional, IRD, 2011-2016, P. Couteron & A. Njoya) [White Paper].

Pl@ntNet. Computational plant identification & collaborative information system (Projet Etendart, Fondation Agropolis, 2009-2014, D. Barthélémy & N. Boujemaa) [Project summary] [Pl@ntNet web site] [HIFP database].

Biosound. Listen to biodiversity - development of an acoustic approach to estimate biodiversity dynamics (Projet Innovant, FRB, 2010-2012, J. Sueur).

BRIDGE. Bidging Information on Tree Diversity in French Guiana, and a Test of Ecological Theories (ANR-Biodiv, 2007-2010, J. Chave).

OSDA. Organisation Spatiale de la Diversité des Arbres en forêts tropicales aux échelles régionales (EcoTrop-MEDD, 2006-2010, R. Pélissier) [Proposal].

• ADS. Développement d'une librairie d'analyse des données spatiales pour le logiciel libre de statistiques R (Spirales-IRD, 2005, R. Pélissier) [Proposal] [Software].

CAREFOR. Caractériser l’écosystème forestier guyanais pour mieux le gérer (CPER-Guyane, 2004-2006, D. Sabatier) [Proposal] [Summary] [Report].

DIME. Evaluation multi-échelles de la diversité spécifique, structurale et fonctionnelle des arbres en forêt guyanaise (EcoTrop-MEDD, 2003-2006, D. Sabatier) [Proposal] [Report].

AME. Analyse multi-échelles du couvert forestier guyanais (CPER-Guyane, 1999-2000, D. Sabatier) [Report].