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>
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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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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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Dear forest health colleagues,
Passing along some excellent opportunities in Bangor, UK.
Cheers!
Enrico
[The Ohio State University]
Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello
Professor
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Plant Pathology
201 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210
614-688-5401 Office / 614-292-4455 Fax
bonello.2(a)osu.edu<mailto:bonello.2@osu.edu> / https://plantpath.osu.edu/our-people/pierluigi-enrico-bonello
Pronouns: he/him/his
Specialty Chief Editor: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change – Pests, Pathogens and Invasions<https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/pes…>
Center for Applied Plant Sciences<https://caps.osu.edu/>
Infectious Diseases Institute<https://idi.osu.edu/>
Sustainability Institute<https://si.osu.edu/home>
Environmental Science Graduate Program<http://esgp.osu.edu/>
The STEAM Factory<https://steamfactory.osu.edu/>
From: John Healey <j.healey(a)bangor.ac.uk>
Date: Monday, March 29, 2021 at 3:57 PM
To: "Bonello, Enrico" <bonello.2(a)osu.edu>
Subject: New lectureship opportunities in forest sciences at Bangor University
Dear Pierluigi/Enrico,
Making use of our Frontiers in Forests and Global Change connection, I am pleased to be writing with the good news that Bangor University has recently approved four new lectureships all of which are open to candidates across a broad range of fields in forest sciences (forest entomology would be an area of particular interest to us). These are “teaching and research” lectureships and demonstrated research excellence (or strong evidence of high research potential) will be a key selection criterion. I attach (and also paste below) a set of information about this opportunity with a link to the web-page where the posts are advertised. The closing date is 23rd April 2021.
I would be very grateful if you could forward this information amongst your network(s) or even to individuals whom you think might be particularly interested in applying. You, or anyone else who may be interested, are welcome to contact me directly to discuss the opportunity.
Thanks and best wishes,
John Healey
Opportunities open for new staff appointments in forest sciences and social sciences at Bangor University
Forestry is a major focus of the current investment by Bangor University to recruit four new lecturers to the School of Natural Sciences<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/jobs.bangor.ac.uk/details.php.en?id=QLYF…>. We seek to appoint applicants who work in forest environments across a range of disciplines within Environmental biology (such as forest ecology, genetics, entomology, pests, pathogens, wildlife or conservation biology in a forest context). In addition, within the theme of Sustainable natural resources development, we see great potential to appoint in disciplines that are key to forest management and policy, including forest economics and a range of other analytical and modelling approaches including life cycle assessment, as well as qualitative research with forest stakeholders. The role of forests in mitigating and adapting to climate change, as well as the delivery of the full range of other ecosystem services remains a key research focus. We place an emphasis on ‘whole-systems’ assessment, not just at the ecosystem level but also up to the scale of the landscape, socio-ecological systems and the value chain, including the processing and utilization of land-use products as a key component of the bioeconomy.
Bangor’s research and teaching in forestry has a global perspective and we welcome applicants whose expertise relates to any forest types across the range from tropical to temperate and boreal, from moist to dry, and from natural forests to plantations, urban forests or agroforestry. We have a passion to advance and teach understanding of the world’s forest resources to underpin their sustainable management and related policy.
The Bangor forestry group and its research
Bangor University is a leading UK and international academic centre in the field of forestry, with a strongly upward trajectory.
The forestry group comprises 12 academic staff, with other Bangor staff working in fields, such as conservation, microbiology, environmental geography, hydrology, human geography and wood science, closely associated with the group. More than 20 PhD students are researching forest projects and form the core of our frequent forest research seminars.
The group is carrying out high-profile research across a range of subjects, with an important inter-disciplinary component, including:
* tropical and temperate forest ecology, biogeochemistry and soil function; forest restoration and resilience
* biophysical and socio-economic aspects of agroforestry systems and non-timber forest products
* forest conservation including the impact of forest operations and effectiveness of conservation interventions (from both biodiversity and social equity considerations)
* broad applications of remote sensing, in particular lidar, to inventory and monitoring of forest structure, biomass, dynamics and management
* tree pathogen microbiology and mitigation of disease impacts
* impacts of forest management, agroforestry and land use change on water resources
* landscape-scale modelling of deforestation and forest degradation impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem function
* economic and systems modelling of ecosystem service delivery
* social science of forest governance, management (including participatory forest management) and wildlife (including rewilding).
A key link that we are restrengthening, to enable full system assessment of the forest production value chain, is to the University’s Biocomposites Centre, which specialises in biorenewable products, with a strong tradition in wood science.
Key cross-cutting themes are:
* climate change mitigation through forest carbon sequestration and production
* elevated CO2, climate change and disturbance impacts on forest ecosystems.
We have very strong national and international networks that play a key role in facilitating Bangor’s forestry research and education. Bangor University is a partner in the Natural Environment Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership ‘Envision’<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.envision-dtp.org/__;!!KGKeukY!n2vXtZf…>, with Lancaster and Nottingham Universities and three other research organisations, that is funding multiple PhDs in tropical and temperate forest sciences, many based in Bangor. Bangor University leads the Welsh National Research Network for Low Carbon, Energy and Environment<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/nrn-lcee.ac.uk/__;!!KGKeukY!n2vXtZfbG0Fnk…>. Of rapidly growing importance is our partnership with the Central South University of Forestry and Technology in Hunan, China (where Bangor University has its China campus), which is fostering a rapidly expanding set of collaborative research projects (including access to their large research forest). In addition, we have well-established collaborative partnerships with both the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.worldagroforestry.org/__;!!KGKeukY!n…>) and the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.catie.ac.cr/en/__;!!KGKeukY!n2vXtZfb…>), resulting in many joint PhDs, as well as project collaboration with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.cifor.org/__;!!KGKeukY!n2vXtZfbG0Fnk…>). We are members of the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO), the UK’s forest industry confederation (CONFOR) and are currently applying for membership of the European Forest Institute (EFI).
Forestry students and teaching at Bangor
Bangor University is both the first and largest educator of students in the forestry subject area in the UK, spanning a big group of PhD students, full-time and part-time distance-learning MSc degrees, and BSc degrees. These are characterised by highly motivated cohorts of students, many with considerable existing experience, and highly innovative teaching, with many new opportunities. Bangor’s excellence in education in forestry is recognised by its overall ranking of 3rd in the UK for Agriculture and Forestry and 1st for teaching quality and student experience (Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.thetimes.co.uk/article/good-universi…>).
At the MSc level, our part-time distance-learning degrees in Forestry, Tropical forestry, and Agroforestry and food security have experienced an increase in recruitment of more than 100% over the past ten years up to a current level of 70 students per year. The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission has recently renewed its award of prestigious studentships for the highest quality applicants to the MSc in Tropical Forestry and recognises the international leading status of this innovative degree programme. Delivery of these innovative degrees is blended with our full-time MSc degrees, including the long-established course in Environmental Forestry. A notable feature is the composition of the student body on our MSc degrees, which is highly international (from more than 20 countries across 5 continents), including many professionals from government forest departments, NGOs and research organisations, creating excellent opportunities for collaboration.
At the BSc level our degrees in Forestry, and Conservation with forestry have a more UK focus, yet attract a student intake with a notably global perspective on the subject. Bangor alumni are becoming increasingly prominent in leading positions across the whole range of UK forestry/woodland organisations. Student recruitment averages 25 per year, though application numbers for entry in 2021 have more than doubled over the level in recent years. We are also in the process of introducing a new BSc degree in Woodland Management and Conservation. At Bangor College China we teach a very successful and expanding BSc degree in Forestry and environmental management.
We have a very active student-led society (the Bangor Forestry Students Association) and an outstanding network of forestry alumni who work in key roles across a wide range of forestry organisations worldwide. Our biennial newsletters<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.bangor.ac.uk/natural-sciences/subjec…> communicate developments in forestry@bangor to our alumni and other stakeholders.
Bangor as a location for forestry research and education
Bangor is a major institutional location for environmental sciences and natural resources management. One of the four units of the NERC UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology is located on the university campus, forming the joint Environment Centre Wales<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.ecw.ac.uk/aboutus.html__;!!KGKeukY!n2…> with the School of Natural Sciences, which also hosts the Head Office of the Forest Research agency in Wales. The Welsh Government’s Natural Resources Wales agency (responsible for conservation, environmental regulation and management of the public forest estate) has one of its largest offices and scientific centres in the City. We have a growing portfolio of collaborative research with all these partners.
Bangor is adjacent to the Snowdonia National Park and within 30 km of Bangor there is a wide diversity of different forest ecosystems providing excellent opportunities for research and education, including the Bangor DIVERSE<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.bangor.ac.uk/natural-sciences/resear…> tree diversity experiment and large silvopasture experiment at the University’s Henfaes Research Centre<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.bangor.ac.uk/natural-sciences/resear…>; the adjacent internationally important Coedydd Aber woodland National Nature Reserve (an EU Special Area of Conservation); and the 18 ha of high canopy forest, including ancient woodland, at the University’s Treborth Botanic Garden<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/treborth.bangor.ac.uk/__;!!KGKeukY!n2vXtZ…> on the outskirts of the City of Bangor.
Further information
If you want to discuss this opportunity you are welcome to contact John Healey, Professor of Forest Sciences (j.healey(a)bangor.ac.uk<mailto:j.healey@bangor.ac.uk> ; https://www.bangor.ac.uk/natural-sciences/staff/john-healey/en<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.bangor.ac.uk/natural-sciences/staff/…> ).
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Dear friends and colleagues,
I hope this finds you well despite the challenging times and lack of face-to-face meetings. Fortunately, with vaccinations gathering pace, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel.
Attached is the annual newsletter and report for 2020 of IUFRO Division 7 (Forest Health) which includes the Pathology and Entomology research groups and working parties. There are news about conference plans, changes of coordinators and deputies, gender balance and geographic balance, etc.
We now have more concrete information on the long planned All-Division 7 conference which will take place from 6 to 9 September 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. This will run back to back with the next ‘International Workshop on the Genetics of Tree-Parasite Interactions in Forestry’ (12-17 September 2022) in Pontevedra, Spain, with a shared pre-/post-conference tour over the weekend between the two meetings.
We trust you find the newsletter interesting. Please share it with colleagues who have not subscribed to our email mailing lists (our main way of distributing it).
Best wishes
Ecki Brockerhoff
Coordinator, IUFRO Division 7 (Forest Health)
Head of Research Unit 'Forest Health and Biotic Interactions'
Zürcherstrasse 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Tel +41 79 819 0882
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Hello Forpathers and Forenters,
This may be of interest to some of you. See below and attachment.
Cheers!
Enrico
[The Ohio State University]
Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello
Professor
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Plant Pathology
201 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210
614-688-5401 Office / 614-292-4455 Fax
bonello.2(a)osu.edu<mailto:bonello.2@osu.edu> / https://plantpath.osu.edu/our-people/pierluigi-enrico-bonello
Pronouns: he/him/his
Specialty Chief Editor: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change – Pests, Pathogens and Invasions<https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/forests-and-global-change/sections/pes…>
Center for Applied Plant Sciences<https://caps.osu.edu/>
Infectious Diseases Institute<https://idi.osu.edu/>
Sustainability Institute<https://si.osu.edu/home>
Environmental Science Graduate Program<http://esgp.osu.edu/>
The STEAM Factory<https://steamfactory.osu.edu/>
Hello,
Registration is now open for our 2nd International Beech Leaf Disease Workshop. This will be a virtual meeting held on April 15th via Adobe Connect. We expect to have a wide variety of presenters, including University partners, State and Federal agencies, and private agencies. We will discuss current research results, recent survey and monitoring work, and future projects.
Please click this link for registration and a list of presentations:
Beech Leaf Disease Workshop Registration Page <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/events-na11.adobeconnect.com/content/con…>
We look forward to your participation.
Warm regards,
Dani
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Managing stand structure to restore mixed oak-dominated forests for conservation of biodiversity
Description:
Oak-dominated forests are widespread in Eurasia and North America, supporting high biodiversity and providing important ecosystem services. However, decreasing oak dominance and oak regeneration failure are occurring worldwide, putting oak-associated biodiversity and ecosystem services at risk. Not much is known about the stand structures and light conditions necessary for promoting natural regeneration of oak. This knowledge gap causing problems for cost-effective forest management in oak forests valued for conservation. Our international project (Sweden-Spain-USA) aims to discover stand development pathways that lead to oak dominance in mixed broadleaf stands of ranging site productivities. This will be accomplished with well-replicated field studies designed to define relationships between stand structure, light availability and growth of oak regeneration. The research is organized with supervision from specialists in ecology, eco-physiology, conservation, silviculture and tree growth. An external reference group from forestry and nature conservation will participate.
Qualifications:
We are looking for a strongly motivated candidate with an MSc degree in ecology, environmental sciences, forestry or equivalent. Excellent written and spoken English is essential, as well as the ability to work both independently and in a team. A valid drivers’ license is required.
Place of work:
SLU, Alnarp in Sweden
Forms for funding or employment:
Employment as PhD student (4 years)
Starting date:
According to agreement.
Application:
We welcome your application no later than 2021-04-16, use the link below and buttons available at the position (Phd-student, Forest Resource Management).
https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/work-at-slu/jobs-vacancies/
Contact person
Magnus Löf, Professor
+46 40-41 51 19, magnus.lof(a)slu.se<mailto:magnus.lof@slu.se>
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Dear Colleagues,
With great optimism, the Scientific Organizing Committee would like to
announce the new dates of 20-24 September, 2021 for the IUFRO conference,
"Biological Invasions in Forests: Trade, Ecology and Management" to be held
in Prague, Czech Republic. 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
8.02.04 - Ecology of Alien Invasives
The conference is hosted by the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Beginning in February we will accept submissions of abstracts for oral and
poster presentations on topics including:
- 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
Registration will also open in February.
For more information, please visit the conference website:
https://iufro.czu.cz or email:
Andrew Liebhold
USDA Forest Service
aliebhold(a)gmail.com
Rene Eschen
CABI
R.Eschen(a)cabi.org
Petra Jiroudková
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
jiroudkova(a)fld.czu.cz
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
