The following announcement may be of interest. The recording for this and previous seminars are available at https://t1p.de/lrlv
Regards,
Sheila Ward
Coordinator, IUFRO WP 4.02.01
From: Henrik Hartmann <hhart@bgc-jena.mpg.de>
Date: Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 12:19 PM
Subject: [IUFRO Div 4] International Tree Mortality Network seminar series: Tree mortality modelling by Lisa Hülsmann May 6 (5 pm CEST)
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The International Tree Mortality Network, an initiative of the IUFRO task force on monitoring trends and patterns in global tree mortality, continues the online seminar series join on May 6, 5 pm CEST, with:
Dr. Lisa Hülsmann
Title: Tree mortality modelling – a tool for ecological inference and a challenge for projecting forest dynamics
Abstract: Tree death is ubiquitous in forests, even without climate change, and has a lasting impact on forest structure, species composition, biomass, and biodiversity. By relating tree mortality and other vital rates to tree, forest, and environmental conditions, we can therefore identify the mechanisms that govern the shape of forest ecosystems. In turn, these empirical relationships can be useful for projecting future forest dynamics and range limits of tree species. In the talk, I will discuss empirical tree mortality models as a diagnostic opportunity and a modeling challenge through two examples: the role of conspecific negative density dependence (Janzen-Connell effects) for tree diversity and the tighter coupling of dynamic vegetation models to forest data.
Bio: Dr. Lisa Hülsmann leads a junior research group at the University of Regensburg (Germany) and combines empirical and simulation models to investigate biotic interactions, ecosystem productivities, range limits and their response to environmental change and human activities especially in forest ecosystems. She studied forest ecology and hydrogeology at the University of Göttingen and did her PhD on tree mortality modelling at ETH Zurich.
Please register for the Zoom Webinar:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/1516189233652/WN_F4a4CsEzT6Ct4AsBIruztQ
Note that the talks might be recorded.
Recordings of previous seminars on YouTube:
https://t1p.de/lrlv
Visit us at:
https://www.tree-mortality.net/
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/
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Dr. (habil.) Henrik Hartmann
Group leader
Plant Allocation
MPI for Biogeochemistry
Hans Knöll Str. 10
07745 Jena, Germany
Contact: hhart@bgc-jena.mpg.de
Phone: +49.3641.576294
Mobile: +49.171.8188273
Website: https://www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/bgp/index.php/HenrikHartmann/HenrikHartmann
Initiatives:
International Tree Mortality Network
https://www.tree-mortality.net/
IUFRO Task Force on monitoring of global tree mortality patterns and trends
https://www.iufro.org/science/task-forces/tree-mortality-patterns/
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