Wind damage propagation in forests

Damage propagation, Forest wind damage, Tree motion, Wind risk

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Contributions : 

1-Dupont, Brunet designed the research

2-Pivato deeply modified the research, Dupont was against these changes
3-Pivato worked during more than 5 years including 18 months without funding

4-Pivato carried out the first model simulations and data analysis

5-Pivato wrote his PhD dissertation

6-Dupont, Brunet contributed ideas to the dissertation

7-Pivato defended his PhD and quit the INRA (May 2014)

8-Pivato worked for the publication of the 3^rd chapter of his dissertation

9-Dupont, Brunet took Pivato apart from the publication of his work
10-Dupont improved the model simulations and data analysis
11-Brunet contributed ideas to the data analysis
12-Dupont, Brunet drafted the manuscript and of course Dupont made himself first author

13-Dupont, Brunet submitted the manuscript to Nature (January 2015) without the agreement of Pivato

14-Nature refused the manuscript without reviewing it

15-Dupont, Brunet submitted the manuscript to Nature communication

16-Nature communication refused the manuscript without reviewing it

17-Dupont, Brunet submitted the manuscript to PNAS

18-PNAS refused the manuscript without reviewing it

19-Dupont, Brunet submitted the manuscript to AFM

20-The manuscript was reviewed and sent back for revision

21-Pivato dissented from the way the manuscript was drafted

22-Dupont, Brunet called upon the INRA legal department to defend them because they were blindly persuaded to be right. They lied by saying Pivato did not contribute to the writing of the manuscript.
23- The INRA legal department forced Dupont, Brunet to add the mention “Dupont, Pivato contributed equally to this work”

24- The manuscript was sent back to the AFM and accepted

The purpose of this webpage is to warn people.

As I saw pain and tears in the eyes of a good person who was despoiled by Yves Brunet.

As my work was cowardly recovered and exploited by Sylvain Dupont and Yves Brunet.

Be careful if you plan to work with these two usurpers.