Register now for the virtual GreenRisk4ALPs Mountain Forest Conference on June 28/29
by Michaela Teich
Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite you again to join the upcoming GreenRisk4ALPs Mountain Forest Conference (https://cmi.eventsair.com/greenrisk4alps/), which will be held online on June 28 and 29, 2021.
The conference is promoting risk-based protective forest management as part of an integral and ecosystem-based natural hazard risk management in the Alpine Space. We will share new insights and developed decision support tools and discuss with representatives from organizations and networks such as the Alpine Convention, EUSALP, GLOMOS, IUCN, IUFRO, PLANALP, and the Interreg Alpine Space program.
This virtual conference will be held under the auspices of the IUFRO Division 8.03.00 - Natural Hazards and Risk Management, and the IUFRO Unit 8.03.02 - Snow and Avalanches, and is free of charge.
We are looking forward to seeing many of you online!
Best,
Michaela Teich & the Organizing Team:
Anne Hormes and Jan-Thomas Fischer, Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW)
Fred Berger, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)
Jean Pierre Fosson and Paolo Perret, Safe Mountain Foundation (FMS)
Kilian Heil, Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism (BMLRT)
Stefan Steger, EURAC Research
--
Dr. Michaela Teich
Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW)
Department of Natural Hazards
Division of Snow and Avalanche
Hofburg | Rennweg 1 | A - 6020 Innsbruck
+43 664 885 082 87
www.bfw.gv.at<http://www.bfw.gv.at/>
1 year, 7 months
- 2
- 2
ITMN Online seminar on July 5, 4 pm CEST with Dr. David Galbraith on the Sensitivity of the Amazon forests to climate change
by Henrik Hartmann
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 *July 5, 4 pm CEST*, with:
*Dr. David Galbraith*
*Title: How does sensitivity to climate change vary across Amazon
forests? Insights from ecophysiology, forest dynamics, remote sensing
and modelling.*
_Abstract_: There is a pressing need to better understand and predict
the impacts of climate change on Amazon forests, given their important
role in the Earth System. In this talk, I present new results that
reveal how the sensitivity of Amazon forests to climate stressors varies
across the Basin, drawing upon new plant functional trait data
collection, forest inventory data analyses, remote sensing and ecosystem
modelling.
_Bio_: David Galbraith is Professor of Terrestrial Ecosystem Science at
the School of Geography, University of Leeds. His research focuses on
better understanding how global environmental change affects the
biogeochemical cycling and dynamics of tropical forests, with a
particular focus on the sensitivity of tropical ecosystems to water
stress and high temperatures. He leads a multidisciplinary team of
researchers that employ methodological approaches that encompass
field-based ecophysiological measurements, forest inventory analysis,
climate change experiments, remote sensing and modelling approaches.
*Please register for the Zoom Webinar:*
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/6116563382462/WN_3cURJ0PySYy7bwIBkSps4A
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
Seminar #7: Yude Pan - Impacts of disturbances on leaf area index and
productivity of terrestrial ecosystems
https://youtu.be/mhHxGPVZXXE
Seminar #8: Viacheslav Kharuk - Conifer decline and mortality in Siberia
https://youtu.be/2X4ZoUQa8jA
Seminar #9: Barbara Bentz - Recipes for Climate-Induced Bark
Beetle-Caused Tree Mortality
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
Seminar #11: Bonaventure Ntirugulirwa - Mortality of Afrotropical trees
in a temperature manipulation experiment: Result from the Rwanda TREE
project
https://youtu.be/n0CnDXudLf0
Seminar #12: Andreas Bolte - Forest mortality dynamics in Germany – how
can we cope with it?t
https://youtu.be/fSEMIp3_gSs
--
--
---
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/
1 year, 10 months
- 1
- 0
PhD position at Grimsö Wildlife Research Station
by Brigitte Burger
Modelling species population dynamics with nature conservation laws
The PhD position takes place within the project Can laws save the natural world? funded by the Swedish Research Council VR, which aims to quantitatively understand how endangered species can benefit from nature conservation laws. The project presents a high level of novelty and will provide important implications for conservation. This position, along with a parallel PhD position in environmental law, is one of the key components of the project. Specifically, we are looking for a highly motivated graduate student who will 1) develop quantitative population models of endangered species to align concepts defined in European species conservation law with measurable ecological counterparts that are applicable across many taxa, 2) develop quantitative analyses to document the effects of legal protection on species trends and 3) analyze patterns of biodiversity-related legal aspects across European countries (such as e.g. court cases). The research will involve different taxa but has a clear emphasis on large carnivores, such as wolves, bears and lynx. The PhD position aims to be interdisciplinary, being both intensive in quantitative modelling and requiring an ability to understand legal concepts and their use by stakeholders.
Qualifications
Required: a master degree (or equivalent) with a specialization in quantitative ecology, ecological modelling, biodiversity conservation or evolutionary ecology, a demonstrated ability to write one’s own analyses in R and a professional level fluency in English (see also below). Desirable: a demonstrated experience of using additional computer programming languages for scientific analysis, an interest in endangered species conservation, experience in scholarly publishing and knowledge of European nature conservation laws and policies. Also relevant: ability and experience to inform and communicate with diverse stakeholders such as authorities, governments or the European Commission. Interpersonal skills will form an important part of the candidate selection.
Additional details and information how to apply:
https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/work-at-slu/jobs-vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjo…
----
Guillaume Chapron
Department of Ecology
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SE - 73993 Riddarhyttan, Sweden
https://www.guillaumechapron.info/
1 year, 10 months
- 1
- 0