Program: 3rd Restoring Forest Congress: Regeneration and ecosystem functions for the future
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Tuesday 12th September 2017
7:30-9.00. Registration
9.00-9:15. Welcome speech by Organizing Committee
(Moderator: Magnus Löf, SLU, Sweden)
9:15-09:45. Inaugural talk: New Generation Plantations: Restoring forests and ecosystem functions at the landscape scale. Luis Neves Silva, WWF International, Switzerland.
09.45-10.15. Inaugural talk: Saving the Bonn Challenge from Irrelevance. John Stanturf, USDA Forest Service, USA.
10:15-10:30. Coffee break
Session 1: Learning from the past (Moderator: Magnus Löf, SLU, Sweden)
10:30-11:00. Keynote speaker: Using the past as guide to forest restoration. Richard Bradshaw, University of Liverpool, UK.
11:00-11:45. Oral communications
• A general framework for quantifying the effects of land-use history on ecosystem dynamics. Leen Depauw, Ghent University, Belgium.
• The vexed question of choosing an historical context for restoration: the case of the Florentine Valley. Mark Hunt, University of Tasmania, Australia.
• Using ecological memory to restore forest ecosystem resilience. Colin Bergeron, University of Alberta, Canada.
Session 2: Ecological knowledge supporting forest restoration (Moderator: Douglass Jacobs, Purdue University, USA)
11:45-12:15. Keynote speaker: Ungulate browsing from a nutritional ecology point of view and implications for forest restoration. Annika Felton, SLU, Sweden.
12:15-12:45. Oral communications
• Natural regeneration of Pinus pinaster to protect Quercus ilex plantations against excess ungulate browsing. Barbara Mariotti, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy.
• Coniferous main tree species as a deer browsing refuge for an oak admixture: Silvicultural implications for forest restoration. Jakub Borkowski, University of Warmia and Mazury, Poland.
12:45-14.00. Lunch
(Continuation session 2, Moderator: Douglass Jacobs, Purdue University, USA)
14:00-14:30. Keynote speaker: Understanding species interactions to support forest restoration in a changing world. Lorena Gomez-Aparicio, CSIC, Spain.
14:30-16:00. Oral communications
• Recalcitrant soil conditions; alternate states persist in woodland restoration. Stuart Macdonald, University of Tasmania, Australia.
• Trade-off between vitality and diversity of associated fungal endophytes in Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.). Marta Agostinelli, SLU, Sweden.
• Linking tree water use to rooting depth, leaf area and climate on a boreal reclaimed mining site. Morgane Merlin, University of Alberta, Canada.
• What drives oak colonization in Mediterranean shrublands? Facilitation and beyond. Pedro Villar-Salvador, University of Alcalá, Spain.
• Seed protection through predator’s smell: Developing novel repellents to avoid granivorous rodents. Adrian Villalobos, SLU, Sweden.
• Acorn dispersal by magpie (Pica pica) in a Mediterranean forest and farmland mosaic. An overlooked actor for oak woodland spread? Loreto Martinéz-Baroja, University of Alcalá, Spain.
16:00-16:15. Coffee break
(Continuation session 2, Moderator: Magnus Löf, SLU, Sweden)
16:15-17:45. Oral communications
• Size matters: A global meta-analysis on the relationship between the size of outplanted seedlings and field survival. Enrique Andivia, University of Alcalá, Spain.
• Changing the role of tree breeding and outplanting to promote forest resilience and resistance. Kasten Dumroese, USDA Forest Service, USA.
• Is local best? Testing forest tree provenancing strategies using field trials embedded in large-scale restoration plantings. Zara Marais, University of Tasmania, Australia.
• Is Populus nigra locally adapted to latitude and rainfall? Insights from phenotype screenings for drought tolerance. Jaime Puertolas, Lancaster University, UK.
• The maternal environment affects the phenological performance of tree progenies. Sumitra Dewan, Ghent University, Belgium.
• Choosing provenances for climate resilient restoration of forest ecosystems. Peter Harrison, University of Tasmania, Australia.
Wednesday 13th September 2017
(Moderator: Marek Metslaid, EMU, Estonia)
08:30-09:00. Inaugural talk (video-link): When too much disturbances is too much – principles and practices for restoration forestry in heavily disturbed native forests. David Lindenmayer, The Australian National University, Australia.
09:00-09:10. Break (posters put up in poster room)
Session 3: Advances in restoration and regeneration techniques and systems (Moderator: Marek Metslaid, EMU, Estonia).
09:10-09:40. Keynote speaker: Role of mechanical methods for the establishment and silviculture of young plantations, in relation to forest restoration. Catherine Collet, INRA, France.
09:40-10:25. Oral communications
• Soil preparation, choice of planting spot and planting time affects early growth and survival of Picea abies seedlings. Kjersti Holt Hanssen, NIBR, Norway.
• Improving soil quality and plant performance in degraded areas using compost and superabsorbent polymers. Sara Martelletti, University of Turin, Italy.
• Tree, stand and site characteristics affecting the occurrence of lammas shoots multiple stems in field-grown Norway spruce. Aksel Granhus, NIBR, Norway.
10:25-12:00. Poster session
12:00-13.00. Lunch
13:00-18:00 FIELD TRIP TO SÖDERÅSENS NATIONAL PARK AND HERREVADS MONASTERY AREA
Jesper Witzell and Tove Hultberg, Skania County Administrative Board (Busses leaves from conference venue and return by 18:00.
20:00. Social dinner
Thursday 14th September 2017
(Continuation session 3, Moderator: Marek Metslaid, EMU, Estonia)
08:30-09:00. Keynote speaker: Advances in planting techniques and materials in boreal region. Timo Saksa, NRI, Finland.
09:00-09:45. Oral communications
• Should we use meshes or tube shelters when planting in semiarid environments? Juan A. Oliet, Technical University of Madrid, Spain.
• Challenges in bringing seedling-based aspen restoration to the south-western US. Simon M. Landhäusser, University of Alberta, Canada.
• Nursery conditioning seedlings for improved dry site performance. Owen Burney, New Mexico State University, USA.
09:45-10:00. Coffee break
Session 4: Forest restoration following biotic and abiotic disturbances (Moderator: Johanna Witzell, SLU, Sweden).
10:00-10:30. Keynote speaker: The role of disturbances in forest restoration – do we promote or counteract them? Anne Tolvanen, NRI, Finland.
10:30-12:00. Oral communications
• Restoring forests and soil function after mining oil sands in the boreal forest. Cindy Prescott, University of British Columbia, Canada.
• Agroforestry for reclamation of waste generated by alluvial gold mining in Colombia. Bibiana Betancur Corredor, University of Bonn, Germany.
• Impact of species selection and planting strategies on boreal forest reclamation sites. Caren Jones, University of Alberta, Canada.
• Anthropogenic disturbances differently impacted natural regeneration and coppicing ability in nine Fagaceae tree species in moist oak-laurel hill forests of Khasi Hills, Northeast India. Somidh Saha, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.
• Developing an upland forest on a reconstructed watershed after oil sands mining in northern Alberta, Canada. Frances Leishman, University of Alberta, Canada.
• The effect of agronomic herbaceous plants on mine tailings structure and on the establishment of boreal forest tree seedlings. Dominique Barrette, University of Quebec, Canada.
12:00-13.15. Lunch
(Continuation session 4, Moderator: Johanna Witzell, SLU, Sweden)
13:15-13:45. Keynote speaker: Scientific and breeding advances in the fight against Dutch elm disease – will they allow the use of elms in forest restoration? Juan A. Martín, Technical University of Madrid, Spain.
13:45-14:15. Oral communications
• Keep it on site: Burnt wood as a key biological legacy to prompt biodiversity and ecosystem functioning and regeneration. Jorge Castro, University of Granada, Spain.
• Recovery of temperate and boreal forest ecosystems after windthrows. Anders Taeroe, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Session 5: Restoring forest landscapes of the future (Moderator: Palle Madsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark).
14:15-14:45. Keynote speaker: Mitigating negative effects on biodiversity from clearcutting – an overview from north Europe. Lena Gustafsson, SLU, Sweden.
14:45-15:30. Oral communications
• Restoration of temperate deciduous woodland with semi-open canopy from mixed forest on abandoned agricultural land. Björn Nordén, NINA, Norway.
• Productivity, growth, and management of valuable timber plantations in humid Guatemalan lowlands: monoculture versus mixtures with Tabebuia donell-smithii. Boris Mendez, University of San Carlos, Guatemala.
• Red alder-conifer stands in Alaska: An example of mixed species management to enhance structural and biological complexity. Ewa H. Orlikowska, SLU, Sweden.
15:30-15:45. Coffee break
(Continuation session 5, Moderator: Palle Madsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
15:45-16:15. Keynote speaker: Restoration expectations in South America: a case study in the Andes. Pablo J Donoso, Universidad Austral de Chile.
16:15-17:15. Oral communications
• Do restored native species respond to delayed plantation thinning in the Atlantic Lowlands of Costa Rica? Douglass Jacobs, Purdue University, USA.
• Climate impact of using former arable land for biomass production in different bioenergy pathways in the transport sector. Sylvia Haus, Linnaeus University, Sweden.
• Evaluating stand developmental trajectories for bottomland hardwood restoration efforts in the southeastern United States. Brent Frey, Mississippi University, USA.
• We want to restore but today we can’t: Bottlenecks for the restoration of natural forests in Southern Chile. Jan R. Bannister, Instituto Forestal, Chile.
17:15-18:00. Concluding remarks and discussion
Friday 15th September 2017
08:00. Post-conference tour bus leaves from conference venue and stop at Kastrup international airport, in Denmark, at 17.00.