Dear colleagues,
Please find attached a job announcement for the Head of the newly
founded Institute of Biodiversity and Nature Conservation at the Federal
Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape
(BFW) in Vienna (Austria). The announcement is written in German, and I
assume that knowledge of German is a big advantage for potential
candidates.
The application deadline is tight and ends already on 16 December
2020.
Please make potential candidates aware of this opportunity and spread
the information in your professional networks.
With kind regards,
Thomas Kirisits
Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection
(IFFF)
Department for Forest and Soil Sciences
BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences,
Vienna (BOKU)
Peter-Jordan-Straße 82 (Schwackhöferhaus)
A-1190 Vienna
Austria
Tel.: +43 1 47-654-91611
E-mail: thomas.kirisits(a)boku.ac.at
Dear FORENT and FORPATH colleagues,
Songlin Fei and I are filling a postdoc position focused on quantitative
analysis of forest insect and disease invasions. I attach the announcement
here. The postdoc will be located in Dr. Fei's laboratory at Purdue
University in the US though there are no citizenship requirements.
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 all:
We have formed a new coordination team for the IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 on Resource Data in the Tropics. The focus of the Working Party will be on legacy tropical forest data sets: finding them, getting them and their metadata archived in an up-to-date digital format, and getting these data available for use, with appropriate protocols and credit to the sources of the data.
We invite you to join our email list at <https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/> https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/ , where we discuss issues related to these datasets.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Coordinator IUFRO 4.02.01
Invitation to join the email list for IUFRO 4.02.01 Resource Data in the Tropics
Dear all:
We have formed a new coordination team for the IUFRO Working Party 4.02.01 on Resource Data in the Tropics. The focus of the Working Party will be on legacy tropical forest data sets: finding them, getting them and their metadata archived in an up-to-date digital format, and getting these data available for use, with appropriate protocols and credit to the sources of the data. We invite you to join our email list at <https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/> https://lists.iufro.org/mailman/listinfo/wp40201/ , where we discuss issues related to these datasets.
Please contact tropfordata(a)gmail.com with any questions or comments.
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Coordinator IUFRO 4.02.01
Please find below the details for a webinar series hosted by the new Working Party 7.03.16, "Behaviour and chemical ecology of forest insects". Each seminar includes an introductory talk by an invited seminar leader followed by two research talks and a final open discussion. The seminars occur every 2 weeks starting September 17 until November 12 and run from 13:30 until 15:00 UTC (this is 9:30 AM EST, 6:30 AM PST and 15:30 CEST). The seminar series is hosted through the FABI, University of Pretoria academic zoom account and will also stream to a YouTube channel we have created for the WP (this will allow us to post the webinars there and make them available for the community to view if they are unable to attend the webinar). The webinars are open to all but to join the webinar individuals must register online at the site provided in the flyer, registration triggers an auto response email that provides you with the link to access the seminars and allows us to track participation and limit the risk of unwelcome visitors.
Best wishes,
Jeremy, Andres and Sigrid
WP 7.03.16
IUFRO Working Party 7.03.16: Behavioral and Chemical Ecology of Forest Insects / SEMINAR SERIES
First seminar: September 17
Insect olfaction in the forest
Bill Hansson, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany
13:30 - 13:40: Introduction by seminar leader
13:40 - 14:05: Functional characterization of two bark beetle (Ips typographus) pheromone receptors and prediction of their ligand binding sites. Martin N.Andersson, Lund University, Sweden.
14:05 - 14:30: Olfactory genomics as a tool to expedite pheromone identification in longhorned beetles. Robert Mitchell, University of Wisconsin, USA.
14:30 - 15:00: Open discussion
General Program:
September 17 - Insect olfaction in the forest. Organizer and introductory talk: Bill Hansson, Speakers: Martin N. Andersson / Robert Mitchell
October 1 - Ecology of bark and ambrosia beetle fungus symbioses. Organizer: Peter H.W. Biedermann, Speakers: Peter H.W. Biedermann / Maximilian Lehenberger / Sifat Munim Tanin
October 15 - Predator-prey and host-parasitoid interactions. Organizer and introductory talk: Manuela Branco, Speakers: Jean-Claude Grégoire / Sofia Branco
October 29 - Chemically mediated plant-herbivore-microbe interactions in forests. Organizer and introductory talk: Almuth Hammerbacher, Speakers: Dineshkumar Kandasamy / Franziska Eberl
November 12 - Behavioral and chemical ecology of Sirex noctilio. Organizer and introductory talk: Bernard Slippers, Speakers: Juan C. Corley / Quentin Guignard and Josephine Quefflelec
For registration and further information please visit: https://www.fabinet.up.ac.za/index.php/event/IUFRO_WP_7.03.16
Dear colleagues,
You are all invited to participate in a survey assessing attitudes towards women in forest entomology and pathology coordinated by Drs. Jess Hartshorn (Clemson University, USA), Maartje Klapwijk (SLU, Sweden), Mariella Marzano (Forest Research, UK), and Eckehard Brockerhoff (WSL, Switzerland).
The purpose of this survey is to assess current attitudes towards women in forest entomology and pathology and to identify gaps in support available to women in these fields. The entire survey should take around 15 minutes and you may stop at any time.
To access the survey, follow this link:
https://clemson.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eanxr0fRAOFVMBT
Results from this survey are expected to help institutions and scientific societies identify areas of improvement to support women in these fields. If you have any questions or concerns about this survey please contact Dr. Jess Hartshorn at jhartsh(a)clemson.edu.
Thank you,
JESS HARTSHORN, PhD CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
Assistant Professor of Forest Health, she/her
Forestry and Environmental Conservation
Clemson University
Lehotsky 272F
Clemson, SC 29634
Skype: jessica.hartshorn
cuforesthealth.weebly.com
**2021 North American Forest Insect Work Conference**
Dear Colleagues,
Henrik Hartmann and others are seeking input and information about tree mortality data sources globally. Below you will find more information about the International Tree Mortality Network, the IUFRO Task Force, and links to surveys where you can provide a description (meta-data) of remotely sensed or ground data that could be added to the network. The surveys will remain open through this month.
Best,
Barbara Bentz
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Dear colleague,
You receive this mail because you have been involved in former activities of the International Tree Mortality Network or are involved in forest monitoring approaches. We are seeking your help to assemble information on existing field data sources across the world that allow deriving tree mortality rates.
Who are we and what is our mission? The International Tree Mortality Network (https://www.tree-mortality.net/<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tree-…>) has been established as an initiative of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) Task Force on monitoring tree mortality trends and patterns (https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iufro…>). Our mission is to facilitate collaboration between scientists to combine expertise, knowledge and data, thereby allowing a global assessment of tree mortality and providing crucial information for scientists, forest managers and policy making.
Quantitative information on tree mortality at the global scale is limited and different protocols of field data collection make inter-comparison challenging. The International Tree Mortality Network seeks to assemble meta-information on existing field assessments to develop methods for quantification of tree mortality rates. This information will be made freely available to the community. The ultimate goal of this activity is to develop standardised post-collection processing methods that can be used to calculate consistent and comparable mortality metrics from different network protocols and measurement platforms across the globe, and to make these methods and metrics available to the scientific community. This is envisaged as a community activity linking existing networks and research groups, it does not seek to collect raw data.
The links below will take you to two surveys, specifically designed to be as brief as possible. The surveys seek to assemble metadata on existing field assessments (i) to develop methods for quantification of tree mortality rates consistently across different protocols, and (ii) to link ground and satellite-based information to understand how tree mortality changes over time. Please follow the appropriate link according to whether you collect terrestrial (e.g. plot) or remote-sensing data.
Terrestrial data:
https://forms.gle/NnVfhLv66j1Hnbro6<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle…>
Remote sensing data:
https://forms.gle/h9eXvob7E6ZXRjxVA<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle…>
We would be delighted if you would also like to become actively involved in the activities of the IUFRO task force and the tree mortality network. In this case please contact us via our websites above.
Best wishes,
The ITMN core team
Henrik, Adriane, Tom, Nadine, Bernhard, Rupert, Cornelius
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Dear Madam/Sir,
We recently sent you an email relating to our project to estimate the cost of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) to Africa. The deadline has been extended to Tuesday 7 July, so In case you have not had the opportunity to complete the survey there still is an opportunity to do so. We would highly appreciate your input.
You can use the following link to complete the survey: Link to Survey to estimate the cost of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) to Africa<https://innsafrica.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/estimating-the-cost-of-invasive-alie…>
Please make sure you press “finish” on the survey; you will then receive an automatic submission confirmation. In case of any difficulty, please contact Adewale Ogunmodede (A.Ogunmodede(a)cabi.org<mailto:A.Ogunmodede@cabi.org>).
Sincerely,
Dr René Eschen
On behalf of:
Dr Bryony Taylor
Senior Scientist
CABI
This study is being conducted by CABI’s Action on Invasives programme, with funding support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Netherlands Department for International Cooperation (DGIS)
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Dear Colleague,
We recently sent you an email relating to our project to estimate the cost of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) to Africa. The information from experts across Africa is collated via an online survey, which will close on July 1st. We have not received a response from you yet, and we hope that you will be able to visit the online survey to enter the information into the relevant sections before this deadline.
If you have saved a copy of the survey previously, but not submitted it, please use the link sent to you by the online survey platform to access your saved responses. If you have not saved your responses previously, please use the following link to complete the survey:
Link to Survey to estimate the cost of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) to Africa<https://innsafrica.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/estimating-the-cost-of-invasive-alie…>
Please make sure you press “finish” on the survey before the deadline so we can collate your responses. In case of any difficulty, please contact Adewale Ogunmodede (A.Ogunmodede(a)cabi.org<mailto:A.Ogunmodede@cabi.org>).
We look forward to receiving your survey response. Your expert input is greatly valued.
Sincerely,
Dr René Eschen
On behalf of:
Dr Bryony Taylor
Senior Scientist
CABI
This study is being conducted by CABI’s Action on Invasives programme, with funding support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Netherlands Department for International Cooperation (DGIS)
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Posting of notification from Mike Wingfield, University of Pretoria:
Please join us for the next FABI International Seminar presented on
Thursday 25 June at 16:00 (GMT+2). We are excited to have Dr Matthew Kasson
(Assistant Professor of Forest Pathology, West Virginia University, USA)
present his work titled Deciphering fungus-arthropod interactions: from
ambrosia fungi to cicada-killing “Zygomycetes". For more information and
registration details, please visit our website at the following link.
Please note that we ask those interested to join to register for the
series. This will allow us to share the zoom links and communicate other
relevant information with regards to the seminar for each month (usually
the last Thursday of each month).
