Please take note of the PhD opportunity at Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
https://apply.refline.ch/273855/0899/pub/1/index.html
Further information can be obtained via Heike Lischke, lischke(a)wsl.ch<mailto:lischke@wsl.ch>
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Dear friends and colleagues,
In case you are not aware of it, the abstract submission deadline for the IUFRO Congress 2019 in Curitiba, Brazil (29 Sept. - 5 Oct. 2019) is the end of December (31 Dec. 2019). For details see http://iufro2019.com/abstracts-submission/
I believe all sessions of Research Group RG7.01 (Air pollution and climate change) are under Theme 2 / B7 (Forests and Climate Change),
and sessions of RGs7.02 (Pathology) and 7.03 (Entomology) are under Theme 4 / D7 (Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Biological Invasions).
Also, I'd like to wish you all happy holidays and all the best for the new year. I look forward to seeing you at the IUFRO Congress or one of the upcoming IUFRO Division 7 conferences.
Finally, I have some news to share:
After 21 years in New Zealand (and 20 of those with the New Zealand Forest Research Institute / 'Scion'), I will relocate to Switzerland at the beginning of February 2019 to take up a position with the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, near Zurich.
I look forward to new collaboration opportunities with colleagues in Europe, but I will also continue working with colleagues in New Zealand and elsewhere.
Best wishes,
Ecki
Eckehard Brockerhoff, PhD
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Scion
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Dear Colleagues
We invite you to submit an abstract for the Special Session "*Developing
successful biological control programs in forest plantations*" at the IUFRO
World Congress in Curitiba, Brazil, 29 September to 5 October. See below
information on the session and instructions to submit your abstract.
ORGANIZERS: Leonardo Barbosa, Brett Hurley and Carlos Wilcken
CONGRESS THEME: Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Biological Invasions
SCOPE OF THE SESSION: Biological control is one of the priority strategies
traditionally used for exotic forest insect pests. Today many biological
control programs have been implemented throughout the world, including in
forest plantations. In many cases, exotic forest insect pests are shared
between multiple countries and there are thus opportunities to share
knowledge and experience on biological control programmes. This session
examines biocontrol programmes in different countries and on different
insect pests. Presentations include traditional approaches to develop
biocontrol programmes, the use of new technologies, and the involvement of
different stakeholders including forest industry, government and business.
DETAILS OF PRESENTATIONS: Presentation should relate to the scope of the
session. Abstracts for both posters and oral presentations can be
submitted. Authors are limited to a maximum of two abstracts as presenting
author.
DEADLINES: Abstract submission deadline: *December 31, 2018*. Registration
and payment deadline: May 31, 2018.
INSTRUCTIONS: You must be registered for the event to submit an abstract,
but you may pay for registration later, up to May 31. Registration and
abstract submission must be completed online at
http://www.iufro2019.com/ . Please
note that the session is currently listed under Congress Theme C, but it
may be moved to Congress Theme D, thus please confirm on the website before
submitting your abstract.
CONTACT: Please contact Leonardo Barbosa (leonardo.r.barbosa(a)embrapa.br) or
Brett Hurley (brett.hurley(a)fabi.up.ac.za) if you have questions about the
session.
Regards
Brett
*Brett Hurley* Ph.D
Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
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Mobile +27 (0)82 9093211
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Hello forpathers and forenters,
Below are a couple of pictures sent to me by a local arborist, wondering what’s going on on the main limbs of a white oak. I am contacting you because I find that this kind of very localized bark discoloration/staining is quite common in oaks. I’ve always suspected these were very small, localized infections by some species of Phytophthora, like citricola, citrophthora, etc. but I’ve never verified. Whatever it is, it seems to me it never goes anywhere, i.e. the lesions remain very small and do not have any serious impact on the host.
Does anyone else actually know what these are? It would be of great interest to me personally, in addition to providing an answer to the arborist.
Cheers!
Enrico
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Translational Plant Sciences Graduate Program | http://tpsgp.osu.edu
Environmental Science Graduate Program | http://esgp.osu.edu/
Infectious Diseases Institute | https://idi.osu.edu/
The STEAM Factory | https://steamfactory.osu.edu/
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Dear colleagues,
The deadline has been extended until 31 December 2018.
The next International Congress of Entomology will be held in Helsinki,
Finland in 2020 July 19-24 (http://ice2020helsinki.fi/)
We have been asked to organise the "Forest and Urban Landscape Entomology"
section, where a number of symposia can be accommodated. We are inviting
proposals for symposia with topics that would fit in this section.
Symposium presentations will be 15 minutes each (including time for
questions), allowing for the possibility of one
‘double-presentation’/keynote talk of 30 minutes (i.e. 20 minutes for the
talk and 10 minutes for questions/discussion). There will be eight
presentations per symposium (or seven if a keynote talk is included).
Proposals to organize a symposium at ICE2020Helsinki should be submitted by
the on-line submission system (
https://submit.peerageofscience.org/conference/ICE_2020) Proposals should
include a brief background/justification, the names of the organizers, a
preliminary list of potential speakers, and any other relevant issues.
Deadline: 31 December 2018
Guidelines for proposing symposia are at our website, link:
https://ice2020helsinki.fi/call-for-symposia/
Symposium proposals are submitted via our on-line system, link at our
website:
https://ice2020helsinki.fi/
PLEASE follow updates concerning ICE2020helsinki at our website:
https://ice2020helsinki.fi/
Andrea Battisti, Nathan Havill, Dmitry Musolin, Heli Viiri,
the "Forest Entomology and Urban Landscape" section conveners.
Dear IUFRO colleagues,
Please find below and attached a call for abstracts for a technical session to be held at the IUFRO XXV World Congress meeting, September 29-October 5, 2019 in Curitiba, Brazil (http://www.iufro2019.com<http://www.iufro2019.com/> ).
We will be happy that you circulate this information among your own networks.
Sincerely yours,
Thomas, Marie-Anne & Olle
CALL FOR ABSTRACT FOR A TECHNICAL SESSION FOR THE CONGRESS THEME: BIODIVERSITY, ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS
TITLE OF THE SESSION : D7b - Biodiversity, biotic interactions and threats to forest ecosystem services associated with tree reproductive structure insects and pathogens in a changing world
ORGANISERS
Thomas Boivint1, Marie-Anne Auger-Rozenberg2 and Olle Rosenberg3
1Mediterranean Forest Research Unit, INRA, France. 2Research Unit of Forest Zoology, France. 3Skogforsk, The Forestry Reasearch Institute, Sweden.
DESCRIPTION
Insects and pathogens exploiting tree reproductive structures are considered the most important constraint to the reproductive success of trees during the seed pre-dispersal phase. In a context in which the effects of both climate change and biological invasions are increasingly prevalent to these species, this session will propose experimental and theoretical contributions to biodiversity, biotic interactions and threat assessment and management associated with native and exotic insects and pathogens of tree reproductive structures.
DETAILS
Abstracts will be accepted for both posters and oral presentations. Authors are limited to a maximum of two abstracts as presenting author.
DEADLINES
Abstract submission deadline: December 31, 2018. Registration and payment deadline: May 31, 2018.
INSTRUCTIONS
You must be registered for the event to submit an abstract, but you may pay for registration later, up to May 31. Registration and abstract submission must be completed online at http://www.iufro2019.com/
If you have questions about the session, please feel free to contact:
Thomas BOIVIN thomas.boivin(a)inra.fr<mailto:thomas.boivin@inra.fr>
Marie-Anne AUGER-ROZENBERG marie-anne.auger-rozenberg(a)inra.fr<mailto:marie-anne.auger-rozenberg@inra.fr>
Olle ROSENBERG olle.rosenberg(a)skogforsk.se<mailto:olle.rosenberg@skogforsk.se>
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INRA
Chargé de Recherche/Research scientist
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Tel : (+33) 4 32 72 29 44
Web page : <https://www6.paca.inra.fr/ecologie_des_forets_mediterraneennes/Les-personne…> https://tinyurl.com/TBoivin
Dear forest entomology colleagues:
(apologies for duplicate postings)
The call for abstracts for the IUFRO forest insect meeting in Quebec,
8-11 July, 2019 is now open.
This will be a joint meeting of the two IUFRO units:
7.03.06 – "Integrated management of forest defoliating insects"
7.03.07 – "Population dynamics of forest insects"
The conference is open to all and no IUFRO affiliation is necessary.
A field trip is planned to view the ongoing spruce budworm outbreak in
eastern Canada.
web site: https://www.iufroqc2019.com/
If you are interested in receiving future mailings regarding this
conference please contact Andrea Battisti (andrea.battisti at
unipd.it) or contact any of the IUFRO unit leaders:
7.03.06 Andrea Battisti, Manuela Branco, Deepa Pureswaran
7.03.07 Jean-Noel Candau, Natalia Kirichenko, Lidia Sukovata
Dear Colleagues,
My apologies for cross-posting. Please find below the details of a special
session to be held at the IUFRO XXV World Congress meeting. Thank you.
*CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – SPECIAL SESSION*
International Union of Forest Research Organizations
IUFRO XXV WORLD CONGRESS
September 29-October 5, 2019 in Curitiba, Brazil
http://www.iufro2019.com
TITLE: *Forest health defenders: empowering citizens to protect forests
through research contributions *(Technical Session D6c)
ORGANISERS: Joey Hulbert1, Michelle Cleary2 and Steve Pawson3
*1*Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of
Pretoria, South Africa.*2*Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden. *3*Scion, New Zealand.
CONGRESS THEME: Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Biological Invasions
DESCRIPTION: Citizen science is a term for research that involves
non-scientists. Many citizen science programs exist to monitor invasive
forests pests. These programs raise awareness and empower participants to
make observations and critical decisions. Public engagement has exceptional
value for amplifying the opportunities of early detection, but because
people are the primary drivers of invasions, initiatives and investments
that increase awareness and education are also critical. The objectives of
this session are to showcase the diverse methods of public engagement and
provide evidence for the merit of involving the public in research to
defend forest health.
DETAILS: Presentation content can vary as long as it encompasses some
discussion of non-scientist engagement. Abstracts for both posters and oral
presentations will be accepted. Authors are limited to a maximum of two
abstracts as presenting author.
DEADLINES: Abstract submission deadline: *December 31, 2018*. Registration
and payment deadline: May 31, 2018.
INSTRUCTIONS: You must be registered for the event to submit an abstract,
but you may pay for registration later, up to May 31. Registration and
abstract submission must be completed online at http://www.iufro2019.com/
CONTACT: Please contact Joey at joey.hulbert(a)fabi.up.ac.za if you have
questions about the session.
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PhD Candidate
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute <http://fabinet.up.ac.za>
University of Pretoria.
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Are you interested in conducting PhD research in the context of anthropogenic effects that already have and will continue to affect forest insects, like climate warming, increased trade and changes in land use? Would you like to be involved in research investigating strategies to mitigate the impacts of these anthropogenic effects?
At the department of ecology at SLU, Uppsala Sweden, two projects are available:
1) Establishment and spread of invasive forest insects
2) Ecological consequences of novel plant protection strategies
We could be looking to hire more than two PhD students, please do not hesitate to apply if you interested in the general research area but maybe not directly in the two available projects. Please read the advertisement<https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I017/1114/job?site=7&lang=UK&validator=87e4…> to find how to apply.
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Hello everyone,
There is a M.S. Assistantship in Silviculture and Applied Forest Ecology available for qualified students at the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT. The project will investigate stand and landscape level factors that contribute to the susceptibility of northeastern pitch pine forests to southern pine beetle. The project is a great opportunity for a student interested in forestry, forest ecology, or forest entomology. Field work will be primarily focused in the Central Pine Barrens of Long Island, New York. Please forward this announcement to anyone you think may be interested in this project. The attached flyer contains more information and point of contact (Tony D'Amato, UVM).
Thanks,
Kevin
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