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HIGHLIGHTS: Rinnovazione naturale nella pecceta montana dopo perturbazioni

Titolo originale: The interacting ecological effects of large-scale disturbances and salvage logging on montane spruce forest regeneration in the western European Alps Autori: Bottero A., Garbarino M., Long, J.N., Motta R. Rivista: Forest Ecology and Management, Vol 292,  pages 19–28, March 2013 doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.021 La comprensione...

Research fellowship positions in Stirling, UK

The University of Stirling invites applicants for 2-year post-doctorate research fellowship positions for outstanding early career researchers. The Fellowships are designed to assist Fellows embarking upon an independent research career, with the prospect of transitioning to a lecturing position at the end of the Fellowship. Biogeochemistry...

Borse di studio ENEL – CRUI

Si comunica che la Fondazione Centro Studi Enel , nell’ambito del Programma “Energie per la Ricerca” erogherà, in collaborazione con Fondazione Crui, 20 borse di studio a giovani ricercatori nei campi delle fonti rinnovabili, dell’impatto economico della produzione energetica e della responsabilità sociale . Potranno accedere...

Postdoctoral position: “Involvement of transcription factors in poplar root growth orchestration”

Segnalato da: Francesco Loreto Involvement of transcription factors in poplar root growth orchestration The position is based at INRA-Nancy Center, France. The center undertakes fundamental research on forest and plantation tree species, with particular expertise in ecophysiology, molecular genetics, as well as genomics and genetic dissection of complex...

9th International Workshop on Sap Flow

9th International Workshop on Sap Flow, 4 – 7 June, 2013, Ghent, Belgium The deadline for abstract/paper submission is next month, 15 February 2013. Info are available at : http://www.sapflowworkshop.info

IUFRO Conference "Protected Areas and Place Making"

IUFRO Conference “Protected Areas and Place Making”, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, April 21 to 26, 2013. One of the objectives of this meeting is to convene a group of international colleagues, who are working with Social Aspects of Forests and Forestry. The central theme is “Protected...

Post-doctoral research position – Harvard University

Modeling and analysis of long-term trends and year-to-year variability in forest CO2 uptake Duties and Responsibilities: As part of the Richardson Lab, the Postdoctoral Researcher will (1) conduct modeling and statistical analysis of long-term eddy covariance measurements of forest-atmosphere CO2 exchange from a selection of research...

Offerta lavoro per giovani ricercatori in Brasile

La Federazione Industriali dello Stato del Paranà (Brasile) – FIEP – (http://www.fiepr.org.br/) ha creato il Campus dell’industria a Curitiba (Paranà) e ha incaricato il Prof. Roberto Spandre (http://www.facebook.com/roberto.spandre?group_id=0), come Addetto Scientifico dell’Ambasciata d’Italia in Brasilia, di cercare persone interessate, giovani ricercatori italiani con PhD, da contrattare...

DACA 2013 Sessione Forest-snow interactions

The aim of this session is to give an overview and share the developments being made in the field of interactions between forest- and snow properties and about the underlying ecological and hydrological processes under tree canopies . We particularly welcome contributions that are cross disciplinary and encompass forest ecology/soil science as well as hydrology/meteorology. The session should thus provide a basis to better understand the implications of changes in forest cover and snow regimes on ecosystem functioning and services.

Post-Doctoral Position on GHG modelling

Applications are sought for a two year Post-doctoral position in the Department of Botany, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. This research position is funded by the EPA and will be part of a joint initiative with Teagasc, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and the University of...

HIGHLIGHTS: Effetti persistenti della siccità sulla foresta tropicale

Titolo originale: Persistent effects of a severe drought on Amazonian forest canopy Autori  Saatchi S., Asefi-Najafabady S., Aragão L.E.O.C., Anderson L.O., Myneni, R.B., Nemani R. Rivista: PNAS, vol. 110, no. 2, pp. 565-570, January 2013 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1204651110 Il lavoro riporta i risultati di indagini sperimentali e...