Author Archives: s.mueller

Job announcement Université de Liège – 1 year- biological indicators soil quality

The Université de Liège offers a one year contract for a research assistant, paid by ‘Service Public de Wallonie’ on biological indicators of soil quality. The announcement is in french, as reports will have to be written in french. The … Continue reading

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Planted Forests on the Globe

Renewable Resources for the Future The 3rd International Congress on Planted Forests aims to investigate the contribution of planted forests to sustainable development in the context of global changes. Topics will include the sustainability of planted forests in the context … Continue reading

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Forest Complexity Modelling Program (FCM) Summer School

Every year, the FCM program organise a Summer School adressing themes such as forest ecology, modelling and complexity. Students supported by a scholarship from the FCM program are strongly encouraged to attend. FCM Partners are also welcome. Non-scholarship students may … Continue reading

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Climate Change and Nature Conservation in Europe – An ecological, policy and economic perspective

Joint European Conference held by the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and the European Network of Heads of Nature Conservation Agencies (ENCA) Posters still welcome. When: 25 – 27 June 2013 Where: Bonn, Germany Registration deadline: 31 May … Continue reading

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ClimTree 2013

Climate Change and Tree Responses in Central European Forests The conference aims at exchanging state of the art research regarding direct (physical environment) and indirect effects (interspecific interactions) of climate change (CC) on the performance of trees and forest ecosystems. … Continue reading

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International Summer School on the functional significance of forest biodiversity

The Summer School takes place from  from 22nd – 29th September 2013 at  Białowieża National Park in Poland.

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BIOGEOMON 2014_Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior

8th BIOGEOMON International Symposium on Ecosystem Behavior This conference will be of interest to ecosystem scientists with focus on forest and natural ecosystems. Date: 13. – 17. 07. 2014 Where: Bayreuth, Germany Next deadline: November 2013 Second Announcement, Start of … Continue reading

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Winter arrived….

Snow is covering the FunDivEUROPE plots in Finland, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland and Romania. Larix sibirica covered in snow_Satakunta Experiment; Finland. We are looking back to a successful field season, were we kept true to our philosophy: All measurements on … Continue reading

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Forest management in times of climate change

The purpose of FunDivEUROPE is to investigate and quantify relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem services in European forests. Further the project will address the question of how these diversity- functioning relationships are affected by disturbance and climate change. One way … Continue reading

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The baron in the trees

Il barone rampante tells the adventures of a boy who climbs up a tree to spend the rest of his life inhabiting an arboreal kingdom. Small wonder May Cherief has to think of this novel by Italo Calvino while watching … Continue reading

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