*(posted for Tod Ramsfield)*
Hello Everyone,
During October, November and December, various working parties within
Division 7 will be hosting webinars.
Mark your calendars for September 21-24, October 13, October 27, November
10, November 24 and December 8.
- The joint 7.03.12 / 7.03.07 / 78.02.04 hybrid (online and in-person)
conference in Prague "Biological Invasions in Forests: Trade, Ecology and
Management" will be live-streamed and include some remote presentations.
- The webinar on October 13 ( 10:00 am EDT) has been jointly organised
by Division 7 working party 7.03.11 Resistance to Insects and Pathogens,
and Division 2 working party 2.02.15 Breeding and genetic resources of five
needle pines. The title of the webinar is “Tree resistance to diseases and
pests – interaction with and facilitation by microbiome”. The speakers are
Katherin Blumenstein (University of Göttingen, Germany), George Newcombe
(University of Idaho, US), and Steve Wakelin (Scion, New Zealand).
The other future webinars are being organised are:
- October 27: WP 7.02.13 – "Forest Health in Southern Hemisphere
Commercial Plantations"
- November 10: WP 7.02.03 – "Vascular Wilt Diseases"
- November 24: WP 7.03.15 – "Social Dimensions of Forest Health"
- December 8: WP 7.02.07 – "Diseases and Insects of Tropical Forest
Trees"
Details regarding registration for the webinar series will be announced in
September.
Best Regards,
*Tod Ramsfield, Maartje Klapwijk, Jeremy Allison and Ecki Brockerhoff*
tod.ramsfield(a)canada.ca
Maartje.Klapwijk(a)slu.se
jeremy.allison(a)canada.ca
eckehard.brockerhoff(a)wsl.ch
Dear Colleagues,
We have extended the deadline for early registration for the IUFRO meeting,
“Biological Invasions in Forests: Trade, Ecology and Management”, Prague
(20-24 September, 2021 https://iufro.czu.cz/en ) through this Friday, 6
August. Late registration will be available through 31 August.
Please contact me (aliebhold(a)gmail.com) if you experience problems with the
online registration system.
You do not need to register if you only wish to listen to the live-stream
of the conference as this will be freely available.
-Sandy Liebhold
Dear colleague,
We wish to remind you that the deadline of 31 July for early registration for the IUFRO meeting, “Biological Invasions in Forests: Trade, Ecology and Management” is rapidly approaching.
The conference will be held 20-24 September, 2021 on the campus of the Czech University of Life Sciences and COVID-19 sanitary measures will be followed throughout the conference. This will be a "hybrid" meeting - Sessions will be live-streamed and there will be a limited number of online presentations. Topic areas of the conference are:
• Invasions of non-native insects, tree pathogens, plants and other organisms in forest ecosystems
• The role of trade and travel as pathways for invasions
• Ecology and impact of non-native species in forests
• Management of invasions / biosecurity
All are invited to attend the meeting.
This link will take you to the conference web page and registration: https://iufro.czu.cz/en Please contact Andrew Liebhold (aliebhold(a)gmail.com<mailto:aliebhold@gmail.com>) if you experience problems with the online registration system.
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Le 16/07/2021 à 10:03, Christophe Lucas a écrit :
> Dear colleagues,
>
> We are looking for information about geographical distribution of
> wood-boring insects in Europe. We would be happy if you could spare
> few minutes to answer an online form about species which represent a
> threat for timber and derived wood-materials.
>
> This is part of the European project CLICKDesign
> <https://www.bregroup.com/services/research/clickdesign/> (funding
> from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
> under grant agreement N° 773324). It is processed by the Institut de
> Recherche sur la Biologie de l’Insecte <https://irbi.univ-tours.fr/>
> (UMR 7261, CNRS – University of Tours, France) and the Institut
> Technologique FCBA <https://www.fcba.fr/> (Bordeaux, France). It will
> be compiled into a database with other gathered information.
>
> The online form can be found here :
> https://forms.gle/sMzuqGsF1RMgnCuu6 <https://forms.gle/sMzuqGsF1RMgnCuu6>
>
> The total time necessary to answer the form will depend on your
> expertise and should take between 3 to 15 minutes. If you have more
> information about other wood-boring pest species, please feel free to
> add detailed information in the dedicated spaces.
>
> Thank you very much for your time.
>
> Sincerely,
> Christophe LUCAS
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Ph.D., CNRS Research Scientist
>
> I.R.B.I. - Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte
> CNRS UMR 7261
>
> University of Tours
> Avenue Monge | Parc Grandmont | 37200 Tours | France
>
> office: +33 247-367-372 | fax: +33 247-366-966
>
> Homepage <https://www.univ-tours.fr/annuaire/m-christophe-lucas> |
> IUSSI-SF <http://insectes-sociaux.org/> | GDR MediatEC
> <https://www.gdr-mediatec.cnrs.fr>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dear friends and colleagues,
As I mentioned in our recent newsletter / annual report, we will proceed with planning our next All-Division 7 Forest Pathology and Entomology Conference, to be held from 6-9 September 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Manuela Branco and José Carlos Franco will be the local organisers.
Attached is a first announcement.
At this time, we are asking for early indications of likely participation, preferably by 25 June 2021 or before.
We have chosen this date because we need to enter into an agreement with the conference venue and that requires a partial payment of the venue hire fee. So we need to know if there is enough interest from potential participants.
Therefore, we would like to ask you to ...
submit session proposals
(on any forest pathology or entomology topic); please send these to iufrolisbon2022(a)isa.ulisboa.pt by 25 June 2021 or preferably even earlier (see the attached announcement for further information); and/orlet us know if you plan to attend the conference
by sending an email to iufrolisbon2022(a)isa.ulisboa.pt preferably also by 25 June 2021. That way we will add your name to our list for occasional email updates and subsequent announcements.
We are hoping that many participants of forest health working parties will attend and support the conference.
Please share this announcement with your forest pathology and entomology colleagues (including participants of past IUFRO meetings).
Our apologies if you receive this message more than once as we will cross-post this announcement via other channels.
Best wishes
Ecki Brockerhoff, Manuela Branco and José Carlos Franco
and the entire conference organising team Tod Ramsfield, Maartje Klapwijk, Beccy Ganley, Julio Diez, Barbara Bentz, Hervé Jactel and Joséphine Queffelec
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Eckehard Brockerhoff, PhD
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 7 (Forest Health) and
Head of Research Unit 'Forest Health and Biotic Interactions'
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Tel +41 79 819 0882
eckehard.brockerhoff(a)wsl.ch
Dear colleagues,
On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, I want to share with you
our plans for the IUFRO meeting "Biological Invasions in Forests: Trade,
Ecology and Management". Having postponed the meeting twice, we are
determined not to do so again and we are set to proceed with the dates of
20-24 September, 2021 in Prague, Czech Republic (Czech University of Life
Sciences).
This is a joint meeting of IUFRO units 7.03.12 - Alien Invasive Species and
International Trade, 7.03.07 - Population Dynamics of Forest Insects and
8.02.04 - Ecology of Alien Invasives. Topics addressed during the
conference include:
- Invasions of non-native plants, insects, tree pathogens, and other
organisms in forest ecosystems
- The role of trade and travel as pathways for invasions
- Ecology and impacts of non-native species in forests
- Management of invasions / biosecurity
There will be two keynote presentations, one by Dr. Jiří Hulcr and another
by Dr. Petr Pyšek
Currently we are planning the conference using a "mixed" format, meaning
there will be both in-person and remote participation. Like other
IUFRO conferences, we anticipate that most in-person attendees will be able
to present if they wish. We will live-stream the conference and will
include a limited number of remote presentations, however we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to accommodate all requests to present
remotely due to time constraints.
The COVID situation is changing quickly and despite encouraging
developments, it unfortunately will not be possible for individuals from
some regions and institutions to attend in-person but in those cases, we
encourage remote participation. We are optimistic that many people will be
able to attend.
Further information about the conference and registration for in-person
participation can be made at https://iufro.czu.cz/en
Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions
Andrew Liebhold http://sandyliebhold.com
Northern Research Station 304-285-1512
USDA Forest Service 304-285-1505 FAX
180 Canfield St. 724-317-8668 mobile
Morgantown, WV 26505 USA
Dear colleagues:
I hope you are safe and healthy. I am in search of a taxonomist who could give our team a hand on the identification of some specimens of Acari (Tetranychidae) collected on Eucalyptus in nurseries in Uruguay. I would greatly appreciate your collaboration. Should you know someone who could be interested in collaborating, do note hesitate to contact me.
Thanks in advance.
Dr. Gonzalo Martínez Crosa
Laboratorio de Entomología - Laboratory of Entomology
INIA Tacuarembó, Uruguay: www.inia.uy<http://www.inia.uy>
+ 598 4632 2407 ext. 1371
E-mail: gmartinez(a)inia.org.uy<mailto:gmartinez@inia.org.uy>
CV-Uy: Martínez, G.<https://exportcvuy.anii.org.uy/CvEstatico/?urlId=17033af6d090d809417011d3cf…>
Researchgate: Gonzalo Martinez<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gonzalo_Martinez>
Dear all,
The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research is looking for a forest entomologist to work on forest insect diagnostics, stakeholder advice, and research. The candidate should have PhD in a relevant field and be fluent in German and/or French as well as English.
For further information, see the advertisements here:
Deutsch: https://apply.refline.ch/273855/1166/pub/1/index.html
Français: https://apply.refline.ch/273855/1166/pub/2/index.html
or contact Valentin Queloz, valentin.queloz(a)wsl.ch
Please forward this to anyone who may be interested. Thanks!
Kind regards
Ecki Brockerhoff
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Eckehard Brockerhoff, PhD
Head of Research Unit 'Forest Health and Biotic Interactions'
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
www.wsl.ch/en/about-wsl/research-units/forest-health-and-biotic-interaction…
Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Tel +41 79 819 0882
eckehard.brockerhoff(a)wsl.ch
Dear IUFRO FRIENDS
Please consider attending the upcoming FABI International Seminar (29th April at 16h00 GMT +2) to be presented by Dr Andrew (Sandy) Liebhold. Sandy is very well known to the IUFRO Community having (for example) served Division 7 (Tree Health) Co-ordinator and Chair of the Scientific Committee for our 125th Anniversary Congress in Freiburg in 2017. If you are interested in tree health, biological invasions or forests and forestry in general - this will be a seminar for you to enjoy.
To attend, it is necessary to register -please do so at https://www.fabinet.up.ac.za/index.php/event/FABISerminarSeries/
Background information on Sandy’s talk can be found below and details of the FABI International Seminar Series is on the web site above.
Best regards
Mike
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April, 2021
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Speaker: Dr Andrew Liebhold, US Forest Service Northern Research Station, Morgantown, WV USA
Title: Macroecology of Insect Invasions
Date: 29 April 2021 Time: 16:00 (GMT+2)
Abstract: Biological invasions are largely an unintended consequence of globalization. With increasing mobility, humans have accidentally transported organisms around the world, breaking the geographical boundaries that separated species ranges that persisted for millions of years of evolution. Among animals, the insecta is the most species-rich class, with thousands of insect species having been established outside of their native ranges and many of these species causing immense impacts on agriculture, human health and conservation of native ecosystems. Here, I report on a macroecological analysis of historical insect invasions spanning 300 years and 10 world regions. These data are used to compare frequencies of invasions among different insect orders and among different insect families. Species-area relationships for native insect assemblages are generally stronger than for non-native insect assemblages. Certain groups, such as the Hemiptera, Formicidae and the Staphylinidae are generally over-represented in non-native insect assemblages, while other taxa are under-represented. These patterns generally reflect characteristics of these insects that cause them to enter important invasion pathways and biological characteristics that facilitate invasions. These results ultimately allow us to better understand the socio-economic drivers of insect invasions and can be of use when conducting invasive pest risk analysis.
Biography: Andrew “Sandy” Liebhold has been a research entomologist with the US Forest Service Northern Research Station, Morgantown, WV USA since 1988. His research focuses on the ecology and management of biological invasions and the spatial dynamics of insect outbreaks. Liebhold received his PhD in Entomology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1984 and worked as a postdoctoral at the University of Massachusetts before joining the Forest Service. He is a fellow of the AAAS and serves on the editorial board of the journals Population Ecology and Biological Invasions. He also currently serves as a scientific coordinator with the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Science, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague and a visiting scholar with Scion Research in New Zealand.
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Greetings,
The US Forest Service Intermountain and Northern Regions Forest Health Protection group is advertising for permanent fulltime GS-0434 9/11/12 Plant Pathologist positions located in Boise, ID and Missoula, MT. This joint vacancy announcement is being advertised starting Friday, April 2, 2021 through April 12, 2021.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please consider applying. Additionally, if you know of someone who might be interested, please share this message with them or anyone who may be interested in this opportunity. The job announcement is available until April 12th at the following link:
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/597149000
If you have any questions, please contact Carl Jorgensen for Boise or Joel Egan for Missoula Our contact information is below:
Sorry for any duplication, multiple email lists were used in this effort. Thank you and have wonderful day.
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