Hello everyone,
We have a project starting next spring/summer that will investigate the effects of ALB eradication efforts on current and future composition and structure of hardwood forests in central New England. The M.S. position is available at University of Vermont in Tony D'Amato's lab (http://www.uvm.edu/rsenr/tonydamato/ ). Our lab and Harvard Forest will be collaborating on the project and we will work closely with the ALB Eradication Program in Worcester, MA. This is a great opportunity for a student interested in applied forest ecology, forest health, and/or invasive species.
If you know of someone looking for graduate school opportunities, please pass along this announcement. For more information, contact Tony D'Amato ( awdamato(a)uvm.edu<mailto:awdamato@uvm.edu>, 802-656-8030).
Thank you,
Kevin
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Dear colleagues,
We are looking for a highly motivated PhD-student to join our new research
project on the interactions between climate, insect life-history (voltinism)
and food webs on oak.
For more information see the project description (below) and the following
link:
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and dont hesitate to contact me directly by email, (closing date is
November 5)
My best,
Ayco Tack
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Project description
Climate change has already altered the phenology of plants and organisms at
higher trophic levels. Among plants, this has resulted in a temporal shift
towards earlier bud burst and/or flowering, and among plant-feeding insects
in earlier emergences. But more radical changes can happen than shifts in
phenology: with increasing temperature, species may increase the number of
generations per year (voltinism). Such changes may be extremely important
from an ecological and evolutionary perspective, as an additional generation
may accelerate both population growth and rate of adaptation, and may also
lead to temporal mismatches between interacting species. However, we lack
insight in how climate affects the voltinism of species within natural
multitrophic communities, and how this in turn may shape food web structure
and dynamics.
The overarching aim of the PhD project is to understand how spatial and
temporal variation in climate affects the voltinism of a diverse community
of herbivores and parasitoids on oak, and the consequences for food web
structure and dynamics. The project will combine several approaches: i)
fields surveys describing the spatial and temporal patterns in voltinism of
a community of herbivores and parasitoids on oak, ii) heating experiments to
disentangle how climatic variation (spring, summer and autumn heating)
drives the voltinism of, and synchrony between, herbivores and parasitoids,
and iii) detailed climate-chamber and laboratory experiments on five
selected species to probe the impact of voltinism on herbivore and
parasitoid preference and performance.
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Stockholm University
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Read an interview with Division 7 Coordinator Eckehard Brockerhoff of Scion
(New Zealand Forest Research Institute) about the work in IUFRO Division 7
and the All-Division Meeting at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress.
Division 7 deals with topics that are all concerned with forest and tree
health, and the causes of interactions between air pollution and climate
change, tree pathogens, and tree-feeding insects.
Dr Brockerhoff pointed out that biological invasions and invasive species
have been occupying much of this Division's time. The impacts of invasions
are so pervasive and fundamental, and there are no simple solutions. They
are an unwanted consequence of international trade and the movement of
people from country to country.
"At this Congress we've learned, among other things, about the progress in
our understanding of what makes these invasive species so aggressive and how
we can better predict the types of species that behave in this way," Dr
Brockerhoff said.
Download the PDF:
https://www.iufro.org/download/file/27617/6146/iufro2017-interwiew-d7_pdf/
Link to the IUFRO Blog: http://blog.iufro.org/2017/10/17/on-forest-health/
Learn more about IUFRO Division 7:
https://www.iufro.org/science/divisions/division-7/
Dear Colleagues;
1) first of all, sorry for eventual cross-posting as this message will apparently go to several mailing lists;
2) with this message we (Jan Stenlid & myself) would like to announce that preparations have already been initiated to organize IUFRO Working Party 7.02.01 "Root & Stem Rots" Conference, in conjunction with the "4th International Elm Conference", as well as the Conference entitled "Recent Advances in Research on Ash Dieback & Dutch Elm Disease (EC LIFE+ Nature)";
3) the EVENT is planned to cover not only above-mentioned topics, but also aspects of tree breeding for resistance & propagation, entomology, biodiversity and related social sciences;
4) provisional schedule:
- Sunday, August 26th, arrival, accommodation in Uppsala hotels, and reception at our campus (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Ultuna); as the campus is located about 15-20 min bus travel from the central Uppsala, one option for accommodation could be http://www.sunnerstaherrgard.se/ which is within the 10-15 min walking distance to the conference venue (along a river with beautiful scenery); ... and there you will get value for money; please note that it is not a big hotel, so number of places is limited, and there are numerous international events at our campus;
- August 26 - 27th, scientific sessions at Campus Ultuna;
- August 28th, half-day field excursion & travel by bus to Nynäshamn harbour, and then taking ferry to Visby, Gotland Island (http://www.destinationgotland.se/en/ferry/ ; upon arrival, individual accommodation and eventual sightseeing in one of the most beautiful towns in the world is up to you; please note that buses, ferry, and (most of) lunches and coffee breaks will be organized centrally from the budget of the EVENT;
- August 29th, scientific sessions at the conference centre in Visby;
- August 30th, half-day scientific sessions and then field excursion across the Island of Gotland;
- Saturday, September 1st, departure, either from Visby airport (many flights to Stockholm Arlanda airport with excellent international connections, duration approx. 50 min.), or by the ferry back to the mainland Nynäshamn harbour with good bus/train connections to Stockholm Arlanda airport; http://www.destinationgotland.se/en/ferry/timetable-and-prices/timetable/bu… );
5) IN CASE YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED TO PARTICIPATE; PLEASE BOOK THOSE DATES IN YOUR CALENDER; AND SEND ME A SHORT NOTE INDICATING THE INTEREST (not binding) BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2017; we need this for planning reasons, as the logistics of this EVENT appears to be rather complex;
6) in such case you will be included into the mailing list for future related communications to come in early 2018;
7) funding for reimbursement for several invited keynote speakers has been already secured, as well as the partial financial support for conference logistic/venues; yet, we are continuously working for obtaining more support in order to keep registration fee possibly low;
8) as recently discussed with Alfas Pliura, Editor in Chief of international scientific journal Baltic Forestry (WoS Impact Factor above 0.6 and constantly growing, free open access), submissions from this Conference to BF will be welcome and subjected for peer review process, as full research articles, reviews, short communications, and selected abstracts (upon publication, also indexed in WoS); please note that the material must contain original data, must be unpublished, and that the deadline for submission is 2nd of September 2018; so in case of interest, please do setting up and plan writing of the material in good order;
9) i will be in touch with more details in January 2018;
kind regards, and looking forwards to meet you in Sweden;
Rimvys Vasaitis & Jan Stenlid
Dear colleagues,
I and Prof. Sun Jiang-hua (Chinese Academy of Sciences) are organizing a
symposium entitled "/Global Change and the Ecological Basis of
Biological Invasions/" during the 3rd International Congress on
Biological Invasions (ICBI) to be held in Hangzhou from 19 to 23
November 2017.
There still some avalaible slots from presentations. I guess that a
number of you may be interested but you have to register very soon in
order your presentation can be taken into account in the program. The
congress website can be accessed at www.icbi2017.org
Hoping to see you in Hangzhou
Best regards
Alain
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Dear colleague,
As many of you will know, the number of emerging pests and diseases of woody plants (i.e. species that have never previously been recorded outside their native continent) is continuously increasing. Early warning of these potential invaders before they arrive can be based on surveys of sentinel plantings and nurseries, and of arboreta. However, such surveys will necessarily face the presence of organisms and symptoms that have never been observed before by the surveyors.
To facilitate the identification of the most likely causal agents of damage to woody plants in situations where the exact identity of such agents is unknown, a field guide for the identification of damage on woody sentinel plants has now been published. The book is now available as a free open-access e-book under the following link. No hard copies of the book will be sold. http://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/ebook/20173265430
This guide is intended as an aid for managers of sentinel plantings, botanical gardens or arboreta, as well as phytosanitary inspectors, who may have knowledge of common pests and diseases of woody plants, but may not know the likely cause of damage that they have not encountered before. It aims to provide a tentative identification of relatively broad groups of organisms and not definitive identification of the causal agents.
There are chapters that explain how to use the guide, followed by keys (for different organs of conifer and broadleaf species) to guide the user to the relevant sections of the book, based on the questions entomologists and pathologists ask themselves when looking at a damaged or diseased tree in a fashion similar to how a doctor interrogates a patient to arrive at a diagnosis. The largest part of the book is devoted to the description and illustration of damage types and typical causes of the observed damage.
The book is an output of COST Action FP1401 - A global network of nurseries as early warning system against alien tree pests - "Global Warning" (www.ibles.pl/cost<http://www.ibles.pl/cost>).
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René.
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Dear friends and colleagues,
In just a few days many of you will be at the 125th Anniversary IUFRO Congress and participate in sessions of Division 7 (Forest Health). There will be numerous sessions sponsored by Division 7 Working Parties and Research Groups (all starting with "D7"), and we will have two sessions with sub-plenary speakers (Barbara Bentz, Treena Burgess, Andrea Battisti and Bill Manning).
Two of the sub-plenary presentations will be given in the 'Division 7 Opening Session' at 8:00 am on Monday morning (18 Sept.) in the main room of the concert hall (Rolf Böhme Saal (Konzerthaus Freiburg).
The other two sub-plenary presentations will be given in the session 'Forest health - critical global issues in the 21st century' on Thursday (21 Sept.), 13:30 - 15:00 in room KG II - Auditorium Maximum of the University of Freiburg.
We will also have a business meeting where you will have the opportunity to meet and discuss with Div. 7 coordinators and deputies, learn about upcoming meetings, and propose meetings and conferences that you would like to organise. The business meetings will take place on Tuesday (19 Sept.) from 20:00 h (8 pm) in room KG I - 1199 (Uni Freiburg). This will be followed by a business meeting of RG 7.03 (Entomology) from 21:00 (9 pm) in KG I - 1139 (Uni Freiburg).
There has been much interest in the social event on Monday evening (18 Sept.). We have just reached maximum capacity (140 people) at the venue, and those who registered for it (by email to me) will shortly receive instructions on how to find it. There is a possibility that some will not come, so if you are still interested in joining us for this, please get in touch with me (eckehard.brockerhoff(a)scionresearch.com<mailto:eckehard.brockerhoff@scionresearch.com>).
Also, attached to this email is a report on recent and planned activities and meetings, and changes in coordinators in Div. 7. It includes a special thanks to Jolanda Roux who recently resigned from her position as coordinator of Research Group 7.02 (Pathology). Former deputy Tod Ramsfield has been appointed as the new coordinator, and Beccy Ganley and Julio Diez Casero are the new deputies.
On behalf of all the coordinators and deputies in the Forest Health Division of IUFRO I can say that we look very much forward to seeing you next week!
Kind regards,
Ecki Brockerhoff (Coordinator Division 7, Forest Health)
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Dear For-Entoids,
For those of you who will be at the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress in
Freiburg, Germany next week, I'd like to encourage you to come to the
Entomology Research Group (7.03) business meeting which will be held in
room KG I - 1139 (Uni Freiburg) on Tuesday at 21:00. This will be right
after the Division 7 business meeting which is at 20:00 hrs in Room KG I -
1199 a.
At the Entomology business meeting we will discuss matters of common
interest to forest entomologists including future meetings, ideas for new
working parties, etc. It should be fun and I will offer enticing
beverages...
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Dear colleague,
TO EVERYONE INTERESTED IN FOREST ENTOMOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND TREE PEST DIAGNOSTICS:
The Forest Entomology Lab at the University of Florida is pleased to invite you to the THIRD Bark and Ambrosia Beetle Academy. This comprehensive and fun workshop on the most intriguing forest pests will be held in Gainesville, FL, on May 7-11, 2018.
Are you a researcher or a student interested in bark and ambrosia beetles? Are you a government insect identifier or a forest manager? Do you need to know more about bark and ambrosia beetle identification, ecology, or damage with emphasis on invasive species? Learn from international experts through hands-on labs, field demonstration, lectures, and socializing. See details at http://www.ambrosiasymbiosis.org/academy/.
NEW this year: everyone can take home a unique Reference Collection of the world's most invasive bark and ambrosia beetles. Register as soon as possible! In 2014 and 2016 the Academy filled up within two months of the announcement.
See you in Gainesville!
Jiri Hulcr
University of Florida
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Dear Colleague.,
We are pleased to announce the joint VKM & EFSA Symposium "Advancing Environmental Risk Assessment by Accounting for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services as Protection Goals", which will be held in Oslo, Norway, on 26th - 27th October 2017.
How can we derive operational protection goals for use in environmental risk assessments? This question will be addressed at the Symposium where EFSA's latest guidance on making protection goals operational will be presented. The Symposium also aims at fostering dialogue and cooperation on protection goals between risk assessors and risk managers. The Symposium will include presentations from international speakers, as well as a panel discussion with representatives from environmental and food safety Agencies in the Nordic Zone.
The programme, as well as information about the venue and accommodation, is available on VKM's website<http://www.english.vkm.no/eway/default.aspx?pid=278&trg=Content_6444&Main_6…> and as well attached.
Interested parties are requested to register online<https://response.questback.com/nasjonaltfolkehelseinstitutt/i3ccmrcgfa> by 19th September 2017. There is no fee for participation. Please be aware that there is a limited number of seats for the Symposium (200), and therefore registrations are on a first-come / first-serve basis. Registrations may close once the maximum number of participants is reached.
For more information, feel free to contact VKM at EFSAFocalPoint-norway(a)vkm.no<mailto:EFSAFocalPoint-norway@vkm.no>.
We kindly ask you to disseminate this information through the relevant national networks/organisations/stakeholders.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Your sincerely,
Micael Wendell
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