La scomparsa di Paul Jarvis
Riceviamo dall’amico e collega Maurizio Mencuccini, con la lettera che riproduciamo, la triste notizia della scomparsa di Paul Jarvis. Tutti noi ci sentiamo ora privi di un amico e di un grande maestro. Marco Borghetti
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Position at JCR-ISPRA, Italy
The Forest Resources and Climate Unit is looking for a researcher to contribute to the further development of web information data processing and web information services: Developing forest-related information services Integrating forest data and applications into web information services. Supporting the further development of the European Forest Information...
Lectio Magistralis di Luigi Nicolais, Presidente CNR
Il 16 marzo 2013, alle ore 10.30, nella sala del consiglio comunale in piazza del popolo a Ravenna, dopo il saluto del sindaco di Ravenna, Fabrizio Matteucci, del presidente dell’Accademia degli Incamminati, Antonio Patuelli, e la relazione del Presidente UNASA, Michele Stanca, il professor Luigi Nicolais,...
Premio UNASA
Allo scopo di incentivare nei giovani la passione per la Ricerca, viene istituito il Premio UNASA (Unione Nazionale delle Accademie per le Scienze Applicate allo Sviluppo dell’Agricoltura, Sicurezza Alimentare ed alla Tutela Ambientale) 2013 per due lavori pubblicati nel corso del 2012 (1 gennaio-31 dicembre), l’uno...
HIGHLIGHTS: Disturbi, mortalità e successione nella foresta primaria amazzonica
Titolo originale: The steady-state mosaic of disturbance and succession across an old-growth Central Amazon forest landscape Autori: Jeffrey Q. Chambers, Robinson I. Negron-Juarez, Daniel Magnabosco Marra et al. Rivista: PNAS, early view, January 28, 2013, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1202894110 Si tratta di un interessante articolo metodologico, nel quale...
Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunities at Doñana Biological Station (EBD), Sevilla, Spain
Segnalato da: Andrea Battisti Funded by the “Severo Ochoa” Excellence Program awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, we seek applicants for seven two-year postdoctoral fellowships. The Doñana Biological Station, belonging to the Spanish Council for Research (CSIC), is currently made up of 43...
Open positions at Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany
Two open positions in the newly founded Emmy Noether research group “Forest management in the Earth system” at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany: a postdoctoral researcher in vegetation-climate interactions (3+2 years) MPI-M in Hamburg, Germany a scientific programmer (3 years) MPI-M in...
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...
Job opportunities at Edmund Mach Foundation – San Michele all’Adige Trento Italy
Tecnico laureato per attività di campo e laboratorio nell’ambito del progetto Permaqua: permafrost e laghi d’alta quota (113_CRI_PLAQ) – scadenza candidature 13 febbraio 2013; Tecnologo/a esperto/a sui processi biologici a carico delle biomasse per una sostituzione di maternità – scadenza candidature 3 febbraio 2013; Addetto tecnico...
Student Conference Scholarships – The IUFRO Conference on Forests for People and 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference
Motivated and accomplished students enrolled full-time in an outdoor recreation management, planning, or closely-related degree program are encouraged to apply. Up to at eight student scholarships will be awarded for the 2013 National Outdoor Recreation Conference (Traverse City, Michigan, May 19-23, 2013). At least half of...
Post-Doctoral Position – Root Growth Phenotyping
Segnalato da: Francesco Loreto A post-doctoral research position is available to assist with research supported by a grant from the European Watbio project: Development of improved perennial non-food biomass and bioproduct crops for water stressed environments (FP7; http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&RCN=35358).
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...
Ph.D. graduate fellowship at Dartmouth College to study invasion ecology across continents
A Ph.D. graduate fellowship is available to begin as soon as summer 2013 in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Program of the Department of Biological Sciences at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA. The successful candidate will be a co-investigator in “Intercontinental comparisons of the ecology and...
Conference of the IUFRO RG 7.01 Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems
The conference “Vegetation Response to Climate Change and Air Pollution – Unifying Evidence and Research across Northern and Southern Hemisphere” organized by the IUFRO Research Group 7.01. “Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems” will be held in Ilheus, Bahia (Brazil) from 1...
Expert in data analysis and data integration (remote sensing – in-situ – models) for environmental monitoring
Expert in data analysis and data integration (remote sensing – in-situ – models) for environmental monitoring Posizione aperta presso l’EURAC a Bolzano. Maggiori informazioni:
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...
Postdoctoral position in tree mortality detection
Summary: The Atmosphere, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences (ACES) team within the Earth and Environmental Sciences Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory is seeking a highly qualified Postdoctoral researcher to work on cutting edge tree mortality quantification. We expect the candidate to develop and test a coupled...