Dear all, The International Tree Mortality Network, an initiative of the IUFRO task force on monitoring trends and patterns in global tree mortality, continues the online seminar series on *April 26, 4 pm CEST*, with: *Prof. Dr. Andreas Bolte, Thünen Institute, Germany* *Title:******Forest mortality dynamics in Germany – how can we cope with it?*** _Abstract:_ In the last years forests in Germany have faced vitality decreases and mortality dynamics never seen before. About 25% of German forests are projected to be at risk for extensive disturbance events and ecosystem service losses within the next 30 years; their transformation to future resilient forests will cost billions of Euros. Based on an analysis of ongoing mortality dynamics and options for an adaptive forest management, solutions for future forest management will be discussed. _Bio:_ Andreas Bolte is a forest ecologist. He is head of the Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems, and Associated Professor for forest ecology at Göttingen University. For more than 20 years he is studying climate change impacts on forests and options to adapt them to future climate and site conditions. *Please register for the Zoom Webinar: * https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1216485606805/WN_1rS7ao5rRjCV5HGoiHxhMw Note that the talks might be recorded. * * *Previous seminars:* Seminar # 1: Matt Hansen - Global forest monitoring using satellite data https://youtu.be/snUSGNb9bAQ Seminar # 2: Flavia Costa - Tree mortality in the Amazon across local hydrological gradients: how water table depth may save or condemn trees as climate changes https://youtu.be/5wmzX9ldn4Q Seminar #3: Belinda Medlyn - Tree mortality in Australian ecosystems: past, present and future https://youtu.be/T6S9VKklbyc Seminar #4: Nate McDowell - Rising tree mortality in the Anthropocene https://youtu.be/vdAXQ8CibKA Seminar #5: Lisa Hülsmann - Tree mortality modeling – a tool for ecological inference and a challenge for projecting forest dynamics https://youtu.be/Yzsa0p7lq7c Seminar #6: Craig D Allen - The global emergence of hotter-drought drivers of forest disturbance tipping points https://youtu.be/5NlkIQOzl2Y <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NlkIQOzl2Y> Seminar #7: Yude Pan - Impacts of disturbances on leaf area index and productivity of terrestrial ecosystems https://youtu.be/mhHxGPVZXXE <https://youtu.be/mhHxGPVZXXE> Seminar #8: Viacheslav Kharuk - Conifer decline and mortality in Siberia https://youtu.be/2X4ZoUQa8jA <https://youtu.be/2X4ZoUQa8jA> Seminar #9: Barbara Bentz - Recipes for Climate-Induced Bark Beetle-Caused Tree Mortality https://youtu.be/ddjMbYvuX6I <https://youtu.be/ddjMbYvuX6I> Seminar #10: Ana Bastos - Climate variability, extremes, and attribution of high-impact ecological events: challenges and ways forward https://youtu.be/jhTwbQ6cffA <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhTwbQ6cffA> Seminar #11: Bonaventure Ntirugulirwa - Mortality of Afrotropical trees in a temperature manipulation experiment: Result from the Rwanda TREE project https://youtu.be/n0CnDXudLf0 * * *Visit us at:* https://www.tree-mortality.net/ https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/ --- Dr. (habil.) Henrik Hartmann Group leader Plant Allocation MPI for Biogeochemistry Hans Knöll Str. 10 07745 Jena, Germany Contact:hhart@bgc-jena.mpg.de <mailto:hhart@bgc-jena.mpg.de> Phone:+49.3641.576294 Mobile:+49.171.8188273 Website: https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgp/index.php/HenrikHartmann/HenrikHartmann *Initiatives*: International Tree Mortality Network https://www.tree-mortality.net/ IUFRO Task Force on monitoring of global tree mortality patterns and trends https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/ -- <https://www.tree-mortality.net/>https://www.tree-mortality.net/