The project centre MountFor is an initiative of the
European Forest Institute (EFI) focused on Mountain
Forests and built upon the expertise and the structures of a core network of research institutes leading
research networking, knowledge sharing and advanced learning.
http://mountfor.fmach.it
The PhD Day is the occasion to present to the scientific community and forest manager the scientific activities of the MountFor EFI-Project Centre , through
oral and poster presentations by the PhD students
enrolled in the partner institutions.
FIRST
MOUNTFOR
PhD - DAY
04.11.2014
Room D1.02
Free University of Bozen - Bolzano
Universitätsplatz 1
39100 Bozen - Bolzano
www.unibz.it
PROGRAMME
9.00
Arrival and registration of participants
9.30
Welcome of Roberto Tognetti, Coordinator of the
MountFor Project Centre
9.50
Key issues and approaches in mountain forest
research in Europe - Dr. Bernhard Wolfsleh-
04.11.2014
12.40
Coffe Break (poster session)
13.00
14:30
Effects of climate change on forest productivity
of two alpine Norway spruce chronosequences
– Francesco Giammarchi, Faculty of Science and
Technology. Free University of Bolzano/Bozen
15.10
11.40
A simulation study for evaluating adaptive management in Slovenian Silver fir-European beech
mountain forests under climate change – Marco
15.30
12.20
15.50
Forest structure, indicators of naturalness and
saproxylic fauna: a case study in the “Abeti Soprani” silver fir forest (Molise, Italy) - Francesco
Parisi, Dipartimento di Bioscienze e Territorio,
Università degli Studi del Molise
16.10
Methods and mapping tools for forest ecosystem
services assessment: a case study at regional
level in Italy -Matteo Vizzarri, Dipartimento di
Bioscienze e Territorio, Università degli Studi del
Molise
Biomass-based energy at local scale: an AHPSWOT analysis - Natasha Nikodinoska, Parthenope University of Naples/ CRA-MPF
Proximal sensing of CO2 uptake in terrestrial
ecosystems - Karolina Sakowska, Research and
Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach
A GIS-based decision support system for balancing renewable energy production and nature
conservation - Gianluca Grilli, University of
Trento/ EURAC
Mina, Department of Environmental Systems
Science, ETH Zurich
12.00
Bioenergy production from orchard woody residues: A LCA case study in South Tyrol (North Italy) – Martina Boschiero, Faculty of Science and
technology. Free University of Bolzano/Bozen
Drought conditions in the alpine forest of South
Tyrol: assessing evolution of vegetation status
with MODIS derived NDVI and NDII time series
- Katarzyna Ewa Lewinska, Institute for Applied
Remote Sensing, EURAC
Climate changes effect of marginal population
under Mediterranean environment: the case
of Pinus nigra – Maurizio Marchi, University of
Firenze / CRA-SEL
14.50
11.20
Lunch break and poster session
Afternoon Session
(Chairman Piermaria Corona and Marco
Marchetti)
Morning session
(Chairman Giustino Tonon and Franco
Miglietta)
11.00
Carbon sequestration and fertility after centennial time scale Incorporation of charcoal into
soil – Irene Criscuoli, FoxLaB - Research and
Innovation Centre - Fondazione Edmund Mach
ner, Head of the Central-East and South-East
European Regional Office of the European Forest
Institute.
10.30
GENERAL INFORMATION
Secondary metabolism in Mediterranean evergreen species with high tolerance to osmotic
stress: what’s the role for these plants as biofactories? - DISPAA, University of Florence/CNR
16.30
Coffee break (poster session)
17.00
Conclusions - Roberto Tognetti, Marco
Marchetti, Bernhard Wolfslehner
REGISTRATION
—
To register please send
an email with your full
details to:
mountforphdday@gmail.
com (and in Cc. to
eventsfast@unibz.it
Registration deadline is
29 October 2014
TRAVEL AND LODGING
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Information on how to
reach Bolzano can be
found at:
www.unibz.it/en/sciencetechnology/welcome/reachus/default.html.
A list of hotels with rooms
at reduced price will be
made available for the
registered participants. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
—
Giustino Tonon
giustino.tonon@unibz.it
Pietro Panzacchi
pietro.panzacchi@unibz.it
Roberto Tognetti
tognetti@unimol.it
Renate Folie
renate.folie@unibz.it