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JANUARY 2012, NO 6

Forest Ecology Bulletin

Introduction

by MARKUS EICHHORN

Happy New Year to all forest ecologists, and I’mglad to report that the number of Bulletin sub-scribers has now passed 300! In this issue wehave an entralling description of the El YunqueNational Forest and Luquillo Experimental For-est in Puerto Rico as our Forest of the Month,including details of current research and oppor-tunities. There are also plenty of conference an-nouncements to help you plan your year, alongwith a large number of job openings. We alsohave a Twitter account @BESforests where I willpost notices with short deadlines.

Contents

In this issue:

• Forest of the Month

• New Publications

• Upcoming Meetings

• Grants & Funding

• Employment

• Graduate Openings

• Field Stations

• Courses

• Research Experience for Undergraduates

• Dates for the Diary

The contents of this newsletter are determined by what you submit, so if there’s anything you think shouldbe included then please pass suggestions on to either me ([email protected]) or Jake Snaddon([email protected]). If you have received this Bulletin indirectly then you can sign up to receive more on ourmailing list by going here and clicking ‘Subscribe’, or follow news on Twitter @BESforests.

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Forest of the Month

by CHRIS NYTCH [email protected]

El Yunque National Forest (EYNF), coterminous with the Luquillo Experimental Forest, is located in the LuquilloMountains of northeastern Puerto Rico (18o20’ N, 65o49’ W). Established as a forest reserve in 1903, EYNF hasbeen administered by the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service since 1917 (Brown et al. 1983). It currentlyencompasses 11,330 ha of land and is the only tropical rain forest in the United States. The Luquillo Mountains arederived primarily from volcaniclastic sediments, and they’re characterized by steep, highly dissected topography thatrises rapidly from the coastal plain to an elevation of roughly 1,000 meters over a distance of approximately 7.5 km(Scatena 1989). The predominate weather patterns that affect the forest come from westerly-blowing trade winds,which upon contact with the mountains rise and cool to produce orographically-derived rainfall. From the coast to thetop of the mountain, mean annual temperature falls on average about 6◦C and annual rainfall triples, exceeding 5 mon the highest peaks (Lugo 2005). Systematic changes in soil properties as well as community structure and speciescomposition also accompany the abrupt increase in elevation; plantations in the foothills give rise to secondarytabonuco (Dacryodes excelsa) forests, then primary tabonuco, colorado (Cyrilla racemiflora), and ultimately dwarfforests at the summits (Brown et al. 1983).

EYNF is a recreation site for about 600,000 annualvisitors, a water supply for approximately 20% of PuertoRico’s population, a regional center for electronic com-munication, and a refuge of Caribbean biodiversity. Ad-ditionally, it has been a center of tropical forestry re-search for nearly a century. All research activities withinthe Luquillo Experimental Forest are conducted underthe auspices of the International Institute of TropicalForestry (IITF) of the USDA Forest Service. Current re-search scientists at the Institute work on various as-pects of tropical forestry, including studies of planta-tions and natural forests, hydrology and geomorphol-ogy, global change and biogeochemical cycles, mycol-ogy, wildlife, terrestrial and aquatic ecology, biometrics,and resource economics. Other agencies engaged in sci-entific investigation within the forest include the US Geological Survey, which maintains stream gages and re-searches landslides, weathering, and biogeochemical budgets, and the University of Puerto Rico, which through itsInstitute for Tropical Ecosystem Studies (ITES) manages the Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Program andoperates El Verde Field Station, and through its Biology Department operates a field house on East Peak.

El Verde Field Station

El Verde Field Station was built in 1937 and is one ofthe oldest research areas within the forest. Research inthis 100 ha area is conducted under a special use permitbetween ITES and the US Forest Service. The station hasa housing capacity of 50 visiting researchers and lim-ited office and laboratory space for staff and visiting re-searchers. Research facilities include long-term plots, a16 ha forest dynamics plot, a canopy walkway, artificialstreams, and a long-term climate station. All research atthe station must have prior approval from the stationdirector. Reservations to use the facilities and additionalinformation may be obtained directly from the field sta-tion website.

There are a number of research endeavors at ElVerde for undergraduate and graduate students. Un-dergraduate opportunities include the REU program in

Tropical Ecology and Evolution (see web.ites.upr.edu/reu), a summer experience where students develop an inde-pendent research project under the guidance of faculty mentors in areas such as ecology of plant communities, soilsand streams, or evolution, such as population genetics.

For more information about El Verde and internship opportunities please see evfs.ites.upr.edu.


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Opportunities for college graduates include volun-teer internships with the Luquillo Forest Dynamics Plot(LFDP) and the Canopy Trimming Experiment (CTE).Volunteer interns assist as field researchers for yearlyseedling and tree censuses (see internships). Informa-tion gathered in these projects is directed at understand-ing the factors that determine the diversity and structureof tropical forest communities as they relate to environ-mental gradients, natural disturbance patterns, land-uselegacies. A common understanding of these factors isachieved via identical studies in other tropical forestsaround the world (see www.ctfs.si.edu). The applicationof this information, in turn, can help mitigate the com-pound effects of human disturbance and climate changeon tropical forest dynamics, inform management deci-sions and guide conservation practices. Through theseinternships volunteers gain practical experience related to diverse aspects of tropical ecology from scientists involvedin the Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Program. Internships typically range from 3-6 months, and volunteersreceive a monthly stipend to cover living expenses, as well as funds to support travel to and from Puerto Rico.

References:

Brown, S., Lugo, A.E., Silander, S., and L. Liegel. 1983. Research history and opportunities in the LuquilloExperimental Forest. New Orleans, LA.: USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station, Institute ofTropical Forestry. 128 p. (Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-44).Lugo. A.E. 2005. The ecosystems of the Luquillo Mountains. Acta Científica 19(1-3): 3-6.Scatena, F.N. 1989. An introduction to the physiography and history of the Bisley experimental watersheds in theLuquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. New Orleans, LA: USDA Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station,Institute of Tropical Forestry 22p. (Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-72).

New Publications

Forests2011 by RAF AERTS

Marking the end of the UN In-ternational Year of the Forests, EUpolicy makers gathered in Leuvento accept and discuss a position pa-per on the future of forests pre-pared by an interdisciplinary team ofscholars. The paper is available onees.kuleuven.be/forests2011.

Principles and Practice of For-

est Landscape Restoration: Case

Studies from the Drylands of LatinAmerica by ADRIAN NEWTON &NATALIA TEJEDOR

The Spanish version of this bookhas now been published; see websitefor further details.

Upcoming Meetings

Strategies for Landscape-Scale

Restoration in the Tropicsby DANIELLE RAPPAPORT

26-28 January, New Haven, CT

International Society of TropicalForesters, Yale Chapter, 18th AnnualConference

Keynote Addresses

• Jan McAlpine, United NationsForum on Forests

• Robin Chazdon, University ofConnecticut

Special Commentary from DavidLamb, author of Regreening the BareHills: Tropical Forest Restoration inthe Asia-Pacific Region.

Workshop by Ina Vandebroek, NewYork Botanical Garden

Conference Panels

• Forest regeneration inhuman-modified landscapes

• Private sector engagement inforest restoration

• Economic viability oflandscape-scale initiatives

• Scaling up: Applying lessonslearned

For our schedule of events andfurther information, visitwww.yale.edu/istf. Register byJanuary 15: send name, affiliation,and contact information [email protected].


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Valuing Ecosystems: Policy, Eco-nomic and Management Interac-

tions

by KIRSTEN HUTCHISON

3-4 April 2012, Edinburgh

SAC & SEPA Biennial Conference(in association with Forest Research,the James Hutton Institute and Scot-tish Natural Heritage).

We look forward to seeing you atthe SAC/SEPA Biennial Conference2012. For further details please seewww.sac.ac.uk/sacsepaconf. Book-ings made before 23 January 2012qualify for our early booking rate.

Integrated management of ouragricultural and forestry landscapesis essential to the delivery of mul-tiple ecosystem services. However,current understanding of the link-ages between different ecosystemsand the services they provide is in-complete. The management imple-mented therefore needs to be flexi-ble to adapt to these uncertainties.The need for implementation at thelandscape scale also means integrat-ing management practices across dif-ferent land-managers.

This conference will seek topresent not only the best possible sci-entific understanding of the complex-ities associated with the delivery ofmultiple ecosystem services but alsoprovide a forum to raise and dis-cuss what still needs to be done tohave an ecosystem approach recog-nised and supported by land man-agers, researchers and policy makers.The conference will be relevant tomembers of all three of these targetaudiences.

The keynotes will be given byJonathan Pryce from the ScottishGovernment, Brian Chambers fromADAS, Heidi Wittmer from HelmholtzCentre for Environmental Researchand Tom Crompton from WWF. TheConference will take place in theJohn McIntyre Conference Centre ofthe University of Edinburgh. Detailsof costs and accommodation can befound at www.sac.ac.uk/sacsepaconf.

EGU Symposium: Biogeochem-

istry of boreal forest soils

by ALISON MUNSON

22-27 April, Vienna

Call for abstracts

Boreal forests play a significantrole in the global biogeochemical cy-cles of water and nutrients. Carbonstocks in boreal forest soils alone areestimated at 470 Gigatons, more thanhalf the current amount of carbonin the atmosphere. This session aimsto bring together researchers workingon biogeochemistry of boreal forestsoils. Contributions addressing therole of boreal soils in carbon seques-tration, mechanisms of carbon stabi-lization unique to these soils, includ-ing the role and contribution of blackcarbon to total soil carbon stocks,are welcome. We also would like toinvite contributions focusing on soilecology, mineralogy, hydrology, andpedological processes, with specialwelcome to cross-disciplinary studiesof these ecosystems.

Convenor: Sylvie Quideau. Co-convenors : Alison Munson, CarolinePreston

The deadline for ab-stracts is January 17 2012,via the EGU congress sitemeetings.copernicus.org/egu2012.

Other interesting symposia in theBiogeosciences section:

• Climate extremes, ecosystemsand biogeochemical cycles

• Non-CO2 influences of landcover changes on climate

• Criteria and indicators for for-est ecosystem management un-der changing climate and envi-ronmental conditions

• Climate Change: carbon cycle,mortality, growth, and shift offorests

• Stabilization of organic matterin soils, sediments and marinedissolved organic matter

TRACE2012

by TANJA SANDERS

9-12 May, Potsdam & Eberswalde

This year’s TRACE meeting willbe jointly organised by the GermanResearch Centre for Geosciences inPotsdam, the German Archaeologi-cal Institute in Berlin and the Insti-tute of Forest Ecology and Forest In-ventory in Eberswalde. The annualTRACE is the scientific meeting ofthe Association for tree-ring research(www.tree-ring.org).

Registration will be on Wednes-day with an ice-breaker in theevening; sessions continue in Pots-dam on Thursday and Friday. On Sat-urday a field trip to Eberswalde isscheduled, including a morning ses-sion with the focus on forest ecol-ogy and a visit to the largest lysime-ter in Europe on an intensive forestmonitoring site in the afternoon. Theevening will be spend in the forestbotanical gardens with roasted boarand a performance of the wind sec-tion on their hunting horns.

We are very happy to announcethat confirmed invited speakers areMalcolm Hughes (LTRR, Arizona),Fritz Schweingruber and JérômeOgée (INRA, France). Please visit our


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webpage trace2012.net for more in-formation and registration. Abstractsshould be submitted no later thanFebruary 15.

Trees Beyond The Wood

by JOHN BIRBECK

5-7 September, Sheffield, UK

This conference will celebratetwenty years of work since the firstmajor Sheffield conference on thetheme of ancient trees and wood-lands. It is also almost ten years sinceour 2003 “Working and Walking inthe Footsteps of Ghosts” event whichstarted to raise issues and challengeassumptions about what is ‘ancient’or ‘natural’ and what is meant bythe terms ‘wood’ or ‘woodland’. Sincethen on-going work in a range of dis-ciplines across ecology, biology, land-scape history, archaeology, forestryand nature conservation has contin-ued the process of research and eval-uation across the subject area.

Our 2012 event will bring to-gether key speakers in the debateand give the opportunity for oth-ers to present shorter papers orposters to explore themes and is-sues which will move the discus-sion forward and allow for a greaterlevel of understanding between dis-ciplines. If you are interested inpresenting a short paper or posterplease contact Christine Handley viaemail [email protected] ‘early bird’ discount for book-ings is available. Further informationcan also be found on our websitewww.ukeconet.co.uk.

ForestSAT 2012

by JEANNETTE HARPER

11-14 September, Corvallis, OR

Come join us for this importantconference promoting science-basedapplications of remote sensing andother spatial data in forested systems(www.forestsat2012.com). The pur-pose of ForestSAT 2012 is to promotescientifically-based understanding ofhow spatial analysis technologies canhelp describe and monitor forestedsystems. Recognized is an inherentneed to integrate data from an arrayof remote sensing systems, and otherspatial information, using a variety ofapproaches. Numerous uses of spa-tial data are relevant, from address-ing the needs of local forest man-agers, to informing forest ecosystemmodels, to establishing monitoringsystems in support of internationalagreements. Delegates to ForestSATtypically represent research organiza-tions, universities, agencies, and theprivate sector.

Please consider submitting an ab-stract to present a paper or poster!We are looking forward to your par-ticipation.

Managing Forests for Ecosys-tem Services; Can Spruce Forests

Show the Way? by BILL MASON

8-11 October, Edinburgh, UK

The deliberations of the Mille-nium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA)and the development of the MEAmethodologies in successor docu-ments such as the UK NationalEcosystem Assessment have led toconsiderable interest in ecologicaland environmental circles (e.g. the‘President’s Soapbox’ in the August2011 issue of the BES Bulletin). Anexample of this interest is the re-cent report (Eustafor and Patterson,

2011) that looked at the provision ofecosystem services (ES) in the stateforests of a range of countries in Eu-rope. This report noted that forestmanagers and their stakeholders areconfronted with a major challenge asthey attempt to describe, assess anddeliver the various benefits that for-est ecosystems can provide.

The ecosystem services providedby forests will vary with differentforest types and the ways in whichthey are managed. One forest typeof major importance in the NorthernHemisphere comprises those forestsdominated by spruce (Picea) species.Spruces occur in both natural forestsystems (e.g. in North West America,Europe, North East Asia) and plan-tation forests (e.g. the British Isles,Western Europe). These forests areimportant sources of timber, yet canalso provide a wide range of otherES such as biodiversity, recreation,water quality, carbon sequestration,and landscape. Planning and imple-menting multifunctional forest man-agement in spruce dominated forestsis challenging because of the trade-offs and synergies between ES. Thereis a lack of understanding of appro-priate silvicultural and funding mea-sures that will enhance or sustainthe provision of different services yetmaintain forest resilience in the faceof projected climate change and al-low for the impacts of biotic and abi-otic risks.

In a meeting in Edinburgh in Oc-tober 2012, we plan to use spruce-dominated forests as a ‘model’ systemto evaluate concepts capable of ap-plication across a much wider rangeof forest ecosystems. This meetingwill enable researchers, practitionersand policymakers to present and dis-cuss findings on how best to trans-late the concepts promulgated bythe MEA, UKNEA and similar stud-ies into strategic, tactical and opera-tional management regimes that willhelp adapt forests to meet changesin climate and in societal demands.For example, the findings will illus-trate the possibilities of finding moreresilient and integrated ways of man-aging forest ecosystems for an uncer-


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tain future which achieve a balancebetween wood production and provi-sion of other ecosystem services.

For further details including in-formation on agreed keynote speak-ers please see the conference websiteat www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/iufro2012.The call for papers should be open inearly January 2012 together with theEarly Bird registration.

Eustafor and Patterson, T. (2011)Ecosystem Services in European StateForests, European State Forest Associ-ation, Brussels, 40 p. pdf

Grants & Funding

No items this issue.

Employment

Head, Department of Forest,

Rangeland, and Fire Sciences

The University of Idaho College ofNatural Resources

The candidate will lead outstand-ing programs, mentor faculty, andprepare globally competitive grad-uates. The Department (website)offers masters and doctoral pro-grams in Natural Resources, as wellas undergraduate programs in FireEcology and Management, ForestResources, Rangeland Ecology andManagement, and Renewable Materi-als. The Department Head will guideand mentor faculty, staff, and stu-dents, communicate effectively withstakeholders, and liaise with col-lege and university administration tolead some of Idaho’s flagship aca-demic programs. Responsibilities in-clude administering departmental in-struction, research, outreach, and en-gagement activities, fostering facultyand staff development, growing in-vestments in university research, andupdating and implementing the Col-lege Strategic Action Plan. As an ac-tive faculty member, the DepartmentHead will also maintain a portfolioof research, teaching, and outreachactivities. Additional responsibilities,a description of academic programs,

and position qualifications are foundhere.

Applications must include a let-ter of interest and qualifications, aphilosophy of leadership in a teach-ing, research, and outreach program,a curriculum vitae, and contact in-formation for five references. To ap-ply, submit the materials via theonline application system (website).Review of applications will beginno sooner than 26 February 2012and will continue until the posi-tion is filled. Questions regardingthe position may be directed to Dr.Anthony S. Davis, search commit-tee chair ([email protected]; 208-885-7211).

To enrich diversity, the Universityof Idaho is an Equal Opportunity Af-firmative Action Employer. Final can-didates must pass a criminal back-ground check. The selectee must pro-vide required U.S. Citizenship andImmigration Services eligibility veri-fication prior to employment.

Assistant Professor, Forest andWetland Soils

Michigan Technological University

The School of Forest Resourcesand Environmental Science atMichigan Technological University(forest.mtu.edu) invites applicationsfor the position of Assistant Professorof Forest and Wetland Soils. This is anine month, tenure-track position atMichigan Technological University incollaboration with the USDA ForestService Northern Research Station-Climate, Fire and Carbon Cycle Sci-ence research unit (website). In theUpper Midwest, there is a wide diver-sity of soils and soil dynamics locatedin a landscape matrix of managed up-land and lowland forests, sub-borealwetlands and low-intensity agricul-ture. The successful candidate willhave excellent opportunities to col-laborate with the highly productivecommunity of foresters, ecologists,hydrologists, biologists, and others inthe School, the University and ForestService.

We are seeking an exceptional sci-entist whose research focuses on for-

est and wetland soils. The candidatemust have: 1) the ability to teach ef-fectively at the graduate and under-graduate levels; 2) a Ph.D. in soils,or a soils emphasis within forestry,hydrology, fire ecology, or a closelyrelated field at the time of appoint-ment; 3) a record of research andscholarship in the subject of forestand wetland soils, including publica-tions in peer-reviewed journals; and4) the ability to communicate ef-fectively with students, profession-als, and the general public. Pre-ferred qualifications include: expe-rience teaching courses in soil sci-ence or fire science; post-doctoral re-search experience and training; suc-cessful development of competitiveexternally-funded grants; and experi-ence or background in resource man-agement including experience inter-acting with industrial land ownersand natural resource agencies. Pref-erence will also be given to applicantswhose research complements that ofother faculty in the School.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the teaching andmission at the undergraduateand graduate level. Currently,the teaching of an undergrad-uate course in soil science andan undergraduate or graduatecourse in fire science is ex-pected.

• Develop a vigorous, externallyfunded research program inforest and wetland soils.

• Advise graduate student re-search at the M.S. and Ph.D.level and involve undergradu-ates in research.

• Participate in School and Uni-versity committees.

Michigan Tech’s School of For-est Resources and Environmental Sci-ence is one of the most productiveforest research programs in the coun-try. We currently employ 25 tenure-track faculty, 5 research faculty, 19 re-search professionals, and 19 admin-istrative professionals and enroll 180


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undergraduate and 85 graduate stu-dents. The School is particularly wellknown for its excellence in the fieldsof forestry, applied ecology, forestmolecular genetics, and wildlife man-agement. The Chronicle of HigherEducation recently ranked the Schoolfirst in Faculty Scholarly Productivity.The School’s faculty members werealso ranked No. 1 in the number offorestry journal citations by a studypublished in the Journal of Forestry.

Established in 1885, MichiganTech is a nationally recognized re-search university and a leader in sci-ence and engineering education. Lo-cated in Houghton in the Upper Mid-west in the scenic Keweenaw Penin-sula, Michigan Tech offers a friendly,safe, and affordable living environ-ment with excellent opportunities foryear-round outdoor recreation.

To appy please submit graduatetranscripts, CV, statements of teach-ing and research interests, copies ofrelevant publications and three refer-ences to www.jobs.mtu.edu. Reviewof applications will commence Jan-uary 2, 2012 and will continue untilthe position is filled. The anticipatedstart date for the position is August20, 2012.

Assistant Professor of Forest

Soils and Ecosystem Ecology

School of Forestry at Northern Ari-zona University

This is a 9-month, tenure-trackappointment, with an anticipatedstart date of 17 August 2012. Thesuccessful applicant will be expectedto teach courses at the under-graduate and graduate levels (e.g.,forest soils, forest ecology, ecosys-tem ecology), develop a produc-tive, externally-funded research pro-gram, and advise graduate stu-dents. The minimum qualificationis an earned Ph.D. in forestry, soilscience, ecosystem ecology or re-lated field conferred by start date.Please see hr.nau.edu/node/2620 forfull position announcement. NAU isAA/EEO/MWDV.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Modeling the Temperature Sensi-tivity of Plant Respiration

University of Florida, Gainesville,Department of Biology

Supervisors: Jeremy Lichstein(website), Kaoru Kitajima (website),and Stefan Gerber (website).

Plant respiration consumesroughly half of gross primary pro-ductivity and is expected to increasewith climate warming. In the trop-ics in particular, plant respirationrates are expected to increase rela-tive to photosynthetic rates as the cli-mate warms. The resulting decreasein tropical net primary productivity(NPP) could threaten the sustainabil-ity of current terrestrial carbon sinks,resulting in a positive feedback toclimate change. Alternatively, tem-perature acclimation of respirationcould minimize future temperature-induced NPP declines. This projectwill use a state-of-the-art ecosystemprocess model to quantify the im-pact of climate change on terrestrialcarbon balance, with particular em-phasis on the temperature sensitivityand acclimation of plant respiration.The project will leverage multipledata sources, including an ongo-ing NSF-funded study on the tem-perature response of tropical treesto experimental warming. The NSFstudy involves in situ measurementsof leaf and branch respiration usinga canopy crane in central Panama,as well as experiments with tropicaltree seedlings (for more details, seepdf). These and other data sourcesare providing improved informationon the temperature sensitivity andacclimation of plant respiration atscales ranging from leaves to wholeplants. However, our understand-ing of the ecosystem-to global-scaleimplications of these fine-scale pro-cesses remains primitive. The suc-cessful candidate will use a process-oriented ecosystem model to “scaleup” leaf- and plant-level measure-ments to whole ecosystems. Candi-date models include the EcosystemDemography (ED) model (Moorcroft

et al. 2001, Ecol. Monog. 71:557-586; Medvigy et al. 2009, J. Geophys.Res. 114:G01002) and the NOAA-GFDL LM3V land model (Shevliakovaet al. 2009, Global Biogeochem.Cy. 23:GB2022; Gerber et al. 2010,Global Biogeochem. Cy. 24:GB1001).In support of the NSF-funded projectdescribed above, the modeling workwill include applications focused oncentral Panama. In addition, thereis considerable freedom to developcomplementary aspects of the re-search program, which could (for ex-ample) extend this work to broaderspatial scales.

Qualifications: PhD in ecology,plant physiology, geosciences, ap-plied mathematics, or related field;strong quantitative and writing skills.Preference will be given to applicantswith (1) research experience in ter-restrial ecosystem ecology or plantphysiology, and (2) strong math-ematical, statistical, and computa-tional skills (i.e., proficiency with oneor more scientific programming lan-guages, such as C, FORTRAN, or R).Applicants who lack these qualifica-tions should explain in a cover lettertheir motivation for transitioning toecosystem modeling research.

Start date is flexible, with apreferred start date before October2012. Funding: two years, with com-petitive salary and benefits

To Apply: Email a sin-gle pdf to Jeremy Lichstein([email protected]) with subjectPOSTDOC-RESPIRATION including(1) cover letter with a 1-2 page state-ment of research interests and goals;(2) CV; and (3) contact informationfor three references. Applications willbe reviewed as they are received, andthe position will remain open untilfilled.

Minorities, women and membersof other underrepresented groups areencouraged to apply. The Universityof Florida is an equal opportunity in-stitution.


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Post-Doctoral Researcher inForest Ecosystem Modeling

School of Forest Resources, Pennsyl-vania State University

The Earth Systems Ecology Labin the School of Forest Resourcesat The Pennsylvania State Universityis currently recruiting for the fixed-term position of Post-Doctoral Re-searcher in the area of forest ecosys-tem modeling. The initial appoint-ment will be for one year, with thepossibility of a one year renewal.The expected start date is 30 Jan-uary 2012. Salary range: $40,000- $42,000, plus benefits. Qualifica-tions: The minimum qualification isa Ph.D. in Biogeochemistry, Ecology,Environmental Science, or a relatedfield. Preference will be given to can-didates that have a strong quanti-tative background, modeling experi-ence, proficiency in R and/or oneor more high level languages, andstrong writing skills.

Responsibilities: This position willplay a leadership role in a projectmodeling carbon trade-offs of dif-ferent management actions in fire-prone forests. The successful appli-cant will 1) work with the multi-institution research team to coor-dinate data collection and integra-tion in the modeling framework;2) develop additional model experi-ments; 3) run simulations; 4) serveboth a lead and supporting role inmanuscript preparation; and 5) con-tribute to proposal writing. Addition-ally, the successful applicant will bean active member of the Earth Sys-tems Ecology Lab and the larger re-search community at Penn State. Toapply e-mail a cover letter, CV, unof-ficial transcripts, and the names andcontact information for three refer-ences to: [email protected] of applications will continueuntil filled.

Summer Field Technicians

Yosemite, CA and Wind River, WA

These four summer positions in-volve tree mortality surveys in two

25.6 ha forest dynamics plots, one inYosemite National Park (old-growthsugar pine/white fir) and one inthe Gifford Pinchot National Forest,WA (old-growth Douglas-fir/westernhemlock). Tasks include revisitingeach tree and recording mortali-ties, ingrowth, and coarse woody de-bris recruitment. Mortality checks re-quire hatchet use. Staff will super-vise students and volunteers. Twoweeks of on-the-job training in late-June/early-July at the Yosemite For-est Dynamics Plot.

Qualifications: Previous experi-ence taking vegetation research dataand ability to follow complex datacollection protocols is required. Can-didates should demonstrate the abil-ity to solve problems and to workboth independently and in teams oftwo or three. Work will involve mov-ing through sometimes steep terrainwith delicate and expensive equip-ment, as well as the ability to carryup to 15 kg of additional gear. Knowl-edge of western flora, tree pathogens,and western forest insects is desir-able. Staff must have a driver’s li-cense and a Wilderness First Aid/CPRcertification (or higher) valid untilOctober 31, 2012 (if you are not cer-tified, please include your plans forcertification in your cover letter).

Other: Practical experience in theoperation and maintenance of elec-tronic and mechanical equipment, fa-miliarity with a variety of softwareand instrumentation, and experiencewith periods of outdoor living are allpositives.

Duration: Mid-June – mid-October 2012 (2 positions); mid-June – September (2 positions).

Salary: $12 to $15 per hour, de-pending on experience. Camping ac-commodations provided during train-ing in Yosemite. Bunk accommoda-tions provided in Wind River. Thework schedule is four, ten hour daysper week.

Apply: Please assemble the fol-lowing into a single PDF file andemail it to [email protected] – 1) A one-page cover letter describing your in-terests and reasons for applying, 2)A resume or CV, no longer than two

pages, 3) Specific dates of availability(including any planned mid-summerabsences), 4) Unofficial transcripts,and 5) Phone numbers and email ad-dresses of references (please do notsend letters of reference).

Additional information atwww.wfdp.org and www.yfdp.org.Contact Jim Lutz with questions notanswered on those pages.

Application deadline: February29, 2012.

A PDF job flyer is available here.Internships are also available for

those without field experience. In-terns work alongside the professionalecologists, paid staff, and students.

Field Technician position: Lon-

gleaf pine restoration

The Savannah River Site, SouthCarolina

We seek to fill a field technicianposition for a large- scale experimenton the restoration of longleaf pineplant communities in the Southeast-ern United States. Primary job du-ties will include setting up and main-taining experimental plots, soil pro-cessing, seed collection and clean-ing, data entry and various othertasks required for experimental stud-ies of plant community restorationand plant- animal interactions. Tech-nicians will be involved in supple-mental activities focused on restoringthe imperiled longleaf pine under-story. The position will begin March2012, and will last for 3-9 months.Pay rate will be $10-12/hr commen-surate with experience. The techni-cian will work at the Savannah RiverSite, live in a town near the site(Aiken or Ellenton, SC; Augusta, GA),and will join a team of two principalinvestigators (John Orrock at Univer-sity of Wisconsin-Madison and LarsBrudvig at Michigan State University)a postdoc (Chris Habeck, at MichiganState University) and a Lead Techni-cian (Joe Ledvina, at Michigan StateUniversity). Housing is not provided,although low cost options are plen-tiful. Successful candidates will havesome background in ecology, biol-ogy, or a related discipline. All appli-


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cants must be able to endure hot, hu-mid conditions and long hours in thefield. Previous field research experi-ence required. Botanical experiencewould be desirable, but not required.

Michigan State University is anequal opportunity employer. Womenand minorities are strongly encour-aged to apply. Because the researchsite is a highly secure area run bythe federal government, non-UnitedStates citizens may have difficultygaining clearance to work there.

To apply, please email a CV or re-sume and letter describing past ex-perience, why this position is inter-esting or important to you, datesof availability, and contact infor-mation with email addresses fortwo references to Chris Habeck([email protected]). The positionwill be filled when a suitable appli-cant is found. Applications submittedafter February 1, 2012 will not beconsidered.

Graduate Openings

PhD in tropical forest carbon cy-

cling

Florida International University,Miami, Florida

We have a fully-funded researchassistant position available for agraduate student to pursue a PhD intropical forest carbon cycling in theEcophysiology and Global ChangeLab in the Department of Biologi-cal Sciences at Florida InternationalUniversity, the Public University ofFlorida at Miami (website). The re-search will be based at the La SelvaBiological Station in Costa Rica andis available starting summer 2012.

Additional MS/PhD opportunitieson other projects active in the lab areavailable via funding by teaching as-sistantships. Active research projectsin the lab include:

• Structure and function in Ever-glades tree islands

• Carbon and water cycling intropical rainforest

• Climate and water manage-ment effects on carbon fluxes inEverglades marsh

• Arctic ecosystem responses toclimate change

For more information contactSteve Oberbauer ([email protected],website). To be eligible for posi-tions, interested students must meetthe graduate admission requirementsof Florida International Universityand have competitive GPA and GREscores. With the exception of thetropical forest carbon cycling re-search assistant position, support isby teaching assistantships with sum-mer funding opportunities. Highly-qualified candidates may be eligiblefor fully-funded Presidential Fellow-ships. The deadline for graduate ap-plications is January 15 2012. Theapplication is available here. Appli-cants should be sure to request ateaching assistantship on the applica-tion form.

Florida International University isthe public research university in Mi-ami with a highly diverse, vibrant,and growing student body locatednear the edge of the Florida Ever-glades. The Department of Biologi-cal Sciences has strengths in marine,wetland, arctic, and tropical ecology.

Graduate Position in TemperateForest Ecology

University of Dayton

An opportunity exists at the Uni-versity of Dayton (UD) for graduate-level training in deciduous forestecology. The student will be based atUD and will work in the laboratory ofDr. Ryan McEwan. This search is fo-cused on applicants for a PhD-levelproject, applicants with an MS areencouraged to apply and evidenceof peer-reviewed publication will bebeneficial to the application process.

This project will focus on theBiodiversity-Ecosystem Function re-lationship in temperate broadleavedforest (main focus is the EasternDeciduous Forest, but internationaltravel is also possible). Some things

I am looking for in applicants in-clude familiarity with: forest sam-pling (for vegetation and CWD), theuse of allometric equations to esti-mate biomass, dendrochronology, us-ing GIS for spatial analysis, andmodel building within R. The appli-cant needs to be comfortable workingwith large, complex, datasets.

The student will be supportedby a teaching assistantship throughthe Department of Biology at UD.The assistantship is associated witha stipend of $20,000/year; however,a portion of this comes in the formof a University summer fellowshipwhich is awarded through a compet-itive process. The assistantship alsocomes with 100% tuition remissionand health insurance is relatively in-expensive through UD. Support isguaranteed for the life of the projectpending satisfactory performance.

UD is the largest private Univer-sity in the state of Ohio, and is con-sistently award-winning for both aca-demic programs and scholarship. En-rollment is c.11,000 with approxi-mately 3,000 graduate students.

Interested individuals are encour-aged to view the following web sites:

• Dr. McEwan’s Lab Pages

• Department of Biology

• University of Dayton

To being the application pro-cess, please send a CV, GPA,GRE scores and PDF reprints [email protected].

MS/PhD Assistantship: Plant-

insect interactions

Department of Entomology at Pur-due University

I have USDA-APHIS funding tosupport a graduate research assis-tantship at either the MS or PhDlevel in the Department of Entomol-ogy at Purdue University. The emer-ald ash borer (EAB) is an invasivewood borer introduced from Asia thatis spreading throughout the Midwestwith devastating effect. This projectis aimed at uncovering underlying


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mechanisms that confer resistance ofash trees to this destructive pest. Wealso seek to further understand theinfluence of ash volatiles on the be-havior of natural enemies that regu-late EAB populations.

Ideal students should be highlymotivated and enthusiastic aboutworking in the areas of chemical andbehavioral ecology. This assistantshipcomes with an annual stipend of$18,500, full tuition waiver, and abenefits package that includes healthinsurance. The preferred start date issummer 2012.

Interested individuals shouldcontact me directly via email([email protected]) to discusstheir background, qualifications, andresearch interests. Please also pro-vide a short (one page) letter of in-terest and a CV that includes cumu-lative GPA, GRE scores and contactinformation for at least three refer-ences.

PhD Mountain MahoganyShrubland Restoration

University of Wyoming

We are recruiting a Ph.D. grad-uate student to study ecologicalgenetic and landscape approachesto mountain mahogany shrublandrestoration in the labs of Dr. KristinaHufford and Dr. Pete Stahl at theUniversity of Wyoming. Research willinvestigate genotype-environment in-teractions and molecular marker di-vergence along a latitudinal transectof the mountain mahogany (Cerco-carpus montanus) range to test pre-dictions for appropriate seed collec-tion zones for restoration.

There will be opportunities for thePh.D. student to develop novel re-search directions within the frame-work of the study program, and weencourage applications from prospec-tive candidates with a backgroundand interest in restoration ecologyand population genetics. Evidence ofexcellent written and communicationskills and enthusiasm for field andlaboratory research are a plus.

Qualifications for the position in-clude a strong academic record and

an MS degree. The graduate as-sistantship includes stipend, tuitionand research support for 2.5 yearsand opportunities will exist to ap-ply for additional funding. Enhancedstipend funding may be availablefor applicants with a minimum GREscore of 1200 (310 under the newscoring system) and GPA 3.0 (BS)/3.3 (MS).

We are interested to fill this posi-tion as soon as possible and applica-tions should be received by January12, 2012 for full consideration. Anopportunity to visit the University ofWyoming may be possible during thegraduate recruitment period. The po-sition will remain open until filled.

Please send application materials,including a cover letter and copies oftranscripts, GRE scores, resume andcontact information for 3 referencesto [email protected].

Also complete a departmental ap-plication at the website.

PhD position: Soil Carbon and

Atmospheric N Deposition

Swedish University of AgriculturalSciences, Umeå

I am searching for a PhD studentto investigate a range of mechanismsthrough which atmospheric N depo-sition may affect soil C sequestra-tion in Swedish boreal forests. Fur-ther details about the position canbe found on the Swedish Univer-sity of Agricultural Sciences jobs page(website). The position will beginin spring or early summer of 2012.Please share this announcement withanybody who may be qualified andinterested.

Sincerely, Michael J. Gundale([email protected]),Dept. of Forest Ecology and Manage-ment, Swedish University of Agri-cultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden(website).

PhD in Forest Modeling Com-

plexity

Université du Québec à Montréal

We are looking for a motivated

PhD student to work on a model-ing project that investigates the po-tential tradeoffs between managingforests for efficient provision of goodsand services and adaptability in re-lation to global change factors andin the context of complex adaptivesystem theory. The project will becoordinated between the Universitédu Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Ore-gon State University, and the SwedishUniversity of Agricultural Sciences,Umeå, Sweden; with the student be-ing based at the UQAM, but travellingamong the three universities.

Required qualifications include abasic training in forestry, forest ecol-ogy, and forest economics and astrong background in quantitativesciences and modeling. To apply orfor further information, send a let-ter of interest outlining your suit-ability and motivation, a CV, and alist of references to Klaus Puettmann,Christian Messier or Jon Moen. Thecandidate’s acceptance will dependupon successfully obtaining a schol-arship from the Forest ModelingComplexity program (website).

Graduate Research Assis-

tantship in Fire Ecology

Oklahoma State University

I seek a MS student to researchthe effects of prescribed burning onecosystem services of oak forests andsavannas of south-central USA. Theecotone between the eastern forestand southern Great Plains has beensubjected to anthropogenic burningfor thousands of years. Because ofrecent changes in the fire regimethere is growing interest in using pre-scribed burning to manage forests,savannas and grasslands for main-tenance and enhancement of theirecosystem services. A MS student issought to conduct independent re-search on prescribed burning effectson ecosystem structure and function.The research will be done within thecontext of a larger DOD project con-cerning how to manage the carbonfootprint of forests and savannas.

The MS Graduate Research As-sistantship (GRA) stipend will be


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$15,500 per year. The GRA will be-gin in mid-May 2012 and will be re-newed for two years provided satis-factory progress in the project. GRAsare offered with tuition waivers.Please contact: Steve Hallgren, Ok-lahoma State University, 405-744-6805, [email protected].

Graduate Assistantships in

Ecosystem Ecology and Uncer-tainty Analysis

State University of New York Col-lege of Environmental Science andForestry

Ruth Yanai at the State Universityof New York College of Environmen-tal Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF)is recruiting students to start in Fall2012 or Spring 2013. Preference willbe given to those available to startwith the 2012 summer field season inthe White Mountains of New Hamp-shire.

Historically, ecosystem nutrientbudgets have not included errorpropagation or reported confidencelimits with estimates of elementalstocks and flows. QUEST (Quantify-ing Uncertainty in Ecosystem Stud-ies) is a research network devotedto promoting the development andapplication of uncertainty analysis.We have made progress in the areasof forest biomass and stream loadsand are also working on wet deposi-tion and change in soil storage. Thereare research opportunities associatedwith each of these areas - see website.

In addition to the primary re-search with QUEST, there are oppor-tunities for secondary involvementin other projects associated withMELNHE (Multi- Element Limitationin Northern Hardwood Ecosystems)in the White Mountains. MELNHEsites are located at Bartlett Exper-imental Forest, Hubbard Brook Ex-perimental Forest, and Jeffers Brook(USFS) (website).

Background in ecology, statistics,and programming would be valu-able assets. Funding will consist of acombination of research and teach-ing assistantships (ability to TA ina General Chemistry lab would be

a plus). Please review the websitesabove and contact Heather Engelmanat [email protected] if you areinterested in applying. While prefer-ence will be given to those with theexperience listed above, anyone witha sincere interest in the projects is en-couraged to apply.

Field Stations

La MICA Biological Station

by JULIE RAY

Panama

Are you looking for an amazingexperience this spring? La MICA Bi-ological Station, located in the cloudforest of central Panama, is accept-ing applicants for our RIO (Researchand Inventory Opportunities) Pro-gram. The RIO Program offers stu-dents, researchers, and other inter-ested people the opportunity to learnvaluable research skills in the trop-ical forest while immersing them-selves in the local community. Ourproject focuses on the conservationof the local environment, history, andculture through education, research,and global outreach while employinga number of Panamanian people inan effort to help the local, impover-ished economy.

We offer a discounted rate to par-ticipants of the RIO Program and en-courage each person to conduct asmall project, many of which producepublishable results. This is a fantas-tic opportunity for anyone consider-ing graduate school or looking to di-versify their resume.

Visitors can stay for any length oftime. We are especially looking to addsome people for this spring, but ac-cept applications for any time. Uni-versity credit (internships) can be ar-ranged.

Please visit our website atwww.lamica.orgfor more informationabout our project. Email Dr. Julie Rayat [email protected] to receive abrochure about our RIO Program.

Thank you and we look forwardto seeing you in Panama soon!

Courses

No items this issue.

Research Experience

UMaine Summer REU 2012

in Sustainable Forest Bioproducts(Full details here)

Maine & Chile

Summer Undergraduate ResearchFellowship in the University of Maineand University of Concepción, Chile.

During the Summer of 2012, theForest Bioproducts Research Insti-tute offers an opportunity for 10highly qualified undergraduate stu-dents to participate in research for a10 week period (4th June - 10th Au-gust 2012). This research experienceis funded by the National ScienceFoundation. Women, minorities andstudents with disabilities are stronglyurged to apply to the program.Awardincludes:

• $5000 stipend + on campushousing provided

• 2 of the 10 students to performtheir research in Chile

• Week-long research experience& exchange in Chile for all stu-dents

• Opportunity to perform re-search on pressing global issuesrelating to sustainable productdevelopment and biofuel gen-eration from woody biomass

Eligibility:

• Current undergraduate insophomore or junior year

• US Citizen or permanent resi-dent

• Must have a valid passport

For more information contact Jes-sica Sleeth [email protected] deadline to 31st March 2012.Apply online here. For NSF Under-graduate Research Fellowship Appli-cations see website.


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Volunteer Tropical Research As-sistant

Monteverde, Costa Rica

The work will be monitoring andassessment of reforestation areas atthe Cloud Forest School, where stu-dents in grades K to 11 have been re-foresting abandoned pastures to re-store the tropical cloud forest. I amseeking someone to assist with treemeasurements, counting seedlings,assessing ground cover, and data en-try. The assistant will work with andhelp mentor high school students onthe project. There is also the oppor-tunity to help start large scale moni-toring of reforestation. The assistantmust have field experience and beable to work independently. Pay isnot available at this time. This is anideal opportunity to develop an inde-pendent project or be a co-author ona publication. Spanish speaking skillsare helpful. The assistant is neededstarting in early to mid-February fortwo to three months.

Contact Patricia [email protected] or previ-ous volunteer Michael Perkins([email protected])

B4Warmed

Minnesota

Northern Minnesota is a focalpoint of potential climate warmingimpacts because it sits at the tran-sition between boreal and temper-ate forest biomes. B4WARMED (Bo-real Forest Warming at an Ecotonein Danger) is a unique manipula-tive experiment that warms plantsand soil in the field to examinetree seedling and germinant responseto warming with respect to physi-ology, phenology, growth, and sur-vival. For more information on thisproject please visit B4WARMED andcfc.cfans.umn.edu.

We seek undergraduate or newlygraduated students with a back-ground or interest in biology, ecol-ogy, physiology, environmental sci-ence, biophysics, forestry, or a relatedfield for paid field research intern-

ships ($10/hr). Interns are neededprimarily from June through Augustbut some workers are needed as earlyas March and as late as Novem-ber. Typical work days are eighthours Monday through Friday, how-ever some tasks require early morn-ing, evening, or weekend work. Avalid driver’s license is required. Per-sonal vehicles helpful but not re-quired; mileage accrued for workpurposes will be reimbursed at offi-cial UofMN rate.

Responsibilities:

• Biotic and abiotic data collec-tion in field and laboratorysettings using high-tech equip-ment (e.g. Licor 6400 photo-synthesis systems)

• Assess physiological traits andphenological events for woodyand herbaceous species

• Routine maintenance of fieldsites, field instruments, and re-search equipment.

• Aiding principle investiga-tors and graduate students asneeded

Desired qualifications:

• Eagerness to work hard in anoutdoor setting.

• Capacity to collect data follow-ing established protocols

• Familiarity with plant and treespecies of northern Minnesota

• Willingness to work well andplay well with others

• Curiosity and passion for thenatural world

Field work will be split be-tween research sites at the Clo-quet Forestry Center in Cloquet,MN (cfc.cfans.umn.edu) and theHubachek Wilderness Research Cen-ter near Ely, MN. Both research sitesare in beautiful forested settings andprovide access to the natural areasof northern Minnesota including theBoundary Waters Canoe Area Wilder-ness. Travel between sites will be

necessary. An individual’s home basemay be at either of these locations.On-site housing with cooking facili-ties is available for a small fee.

Please send cover letter (includ-ing available working dates), one-page resume, and contact informa-tion for two references electronicallyto Karen Rice ([email protected]).

Research Experience for Under-

graduates

Costa Rica

Texas A&M University is againhosting a Research Experience forUndergraduates (REU) site funded bythe National Science Foundation for10 undergraduate students to con-duct cutting-edge research in a tran-sitional cloud forest in central CostaRica. Specifically, the REU site pro-vides a unique international opportu-nity for students to be immersed inthe practice of active inquiry and re-search in:

• Ecohydrology: feedback be-tween forest vegetation andhydrology from the scale ofan individual leaf to the entirestand

• Hydrology: movement and dis-tribution of water through theforest from above-canopy pre-cipitation and cloud immer-sion, to stream and groundwa-ter flow

• Meteorology and climatology:spatial and temporal varia-tion in precipitation, evap-otranspiration and boundarylayer structure from the scale ofan individual stand to the en-tire watershed

• Soil Science: structure and geo-chemistry of forest soils

• Biogeography: distribution andstructure of forest vegetation atvarious scales in the watershed

Successful applicants will receivean all-expenses-paid trip to CostaRica in addition to a $500 a weekstipend. Further information about


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the program can be found here anda description of the Soltis Center forResearch and Education in Costa Ricacan be found at here.

Please advertise this study abroadresearch opportunity to your under-graduate students. The program re-quires students to be US citizens orpermanent residents. The applicationdeadline is January 31, 2012.

Field Research Assistant - Im-

mediate Start

STRI, Panama

Tropical forest ecosystems havebeen found to be undergoingwidespread changes. Of particularconcern is the increasing dominanceof lianas (woody climbing vines). Iam investigating whether increasing

CO2 is a viable explanation for in-creasing liana dominance and, if so,through what mechanism CO2 fa-vors lianas over trees. The study isbeing conducted at the SmithsonianTropical Research Institute (STRI) inPanama. Liana and tree species aregrowing in open-top plant growthchambers and exposed to elevatedlevels of CO2.

Research assistant will have theopportunity to work closely with aPhD student to carry out a majorresearch project. You will learn thedesign and operation of an elevatedCO2 growth chamber array, includ-ing instrumentation to measure CO2levels and the photosynthetic activ-ity of plants. Other duties may in-clude plant identification and collec-tion, caring for seedlings, measure-ment of plant traits, and data collec-

tion/entry. This is a volunteer posi-tion intended for persons looking togain field and research experience.Motivated students intending to ap-ply to graduate school programs mayhave an opportunity to develop a re-search fellowship proposal in con-junction with the project.

Qualifications: ability to worklong days in the field under trop-ical conditions (intense heat, rain,sun, biting/stinging insects), and abackground in biology and/or ecol-ogy. Spanish language proficiency ispreferred but not required. Positionsstart immediately and will run to theend of April 2012.

Please send cover letter (includ-ing earliest start date) and resume(with references) to Dave Marvin([email protected]) or visit websitefor more information.

Dates for the Diary

2012

• 26-28 January Strategies for Landscape-Scale Restoration in the Tropics New Haven, CT (website)

• 22-25 February gtö: Islands in Land and Seascape: The Challenges of Fragmentation Erlangen, Germany (website)

• 24-27 March ATBC Asia-Pacific Chapter: Understanding and Mitigating the Impacts of Global Change in TropicalAsia XTBG, Yunnan, China (website)

• 3-4 April SAC & SEPA: Valuing Ecosystems: Policy, Economic and Management Interactions Edinburgh, UK(website)

• 22-27 April EGU: Biogeochemistry of Boreal Forest Soils Vienna, Austria (website)

• 9-12 May TRACE2012, Potsdam & Eberswalde, Germany (website)

• 19-22 June ATBC: Ecology, Evolution and Sustainable Use of Tropical Biodiversity Bonito, Brazil (website)

• 5-10 August ESA Annual Meeting: Life on Earth: Preserving, Utilizing, and Sustaining Our Ecosystems Portland,Oregon, USA (website)

• 28-31 August IUFRO: Biodiversity in Forest Ecosystems and Landscapes Cork, Eire (website)

• 5-7 September UKEconet: Trees Beyond The Wood Sheffield, UK (website)

• 11-14 September ForestSAT2012, Corvallis, OR (website)

• 8-11 October IUFRO2012: Managing Forests for Ecosystem Services; Can Spruce Forests Show the Way? Edin-burgh, UK (website)

• 18-20 December BES Annual Meeting, Birmingham, UK

2013

• 18-23 August INTECOL 11: Ecology: Into the Next 100 Years London, UK (website)


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MARCH 2012, NO 8

Forest Ecology Bulletin

Introduction

by MARKUS EICHHORN

Here in the northern hemisphere the alders are inflower, which means it’s the season to start plan-ning field trips. To whet your appetite, KirstenWolff gives an account of her recent travels inEuropean lime forests below, while Osa Conser-vation are offering research stations for studiesin Costa Rica. Funding for fellowships in Chinaor study scholarships are also advertised. It’s abusy season for recruitment, so we have job open-ings, graduate studentships and seasonal oppor-tunities. Finally, at the end you might be inter-ested to hear about the EFICENT-OEF project.

Contents

In this issue:

• Forest of the Month

• Notices

• Upcoming Meetings

• Grants & Funding

• Employment

• Graduate Openings

• Field Stations

• Courses

• Research Experience

• Articles

• Dates for the Diary

The contents of this newsletter are determined by what you submit, so if there’s anything you think shouldbe included then please pass suggestions on to either me ([email protected]) or Jake Snaddon([email protected]) by 23 April for inclusion in the next issue. If you have received the Bulletin indirectly thenyou can sign up to receive more on our mailing list by going here and clicking ‘Subscribe’, or follow news betweenissues on Twitter @BESforests.


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Forest of the Month

by KIRSTEN WOLFF [email protected]

Tilia Woodlands in Europe

Fig 1. Colbitz, Germany

Several years ago I was contacted and asked whetherI would be able to help investigate the genetics of lime(Tilia) species in the UK. Although lime was (and still is)an important component of many European woods, weknow much less about its genetics than we do of manyother well-studied European woodland species. Being ageneticist by training, I felt I should be able to help andfound studying the species and its peculiarities an excit-ing prospect. Obviously I lack the forest ecology back-ground that many of the readers here will have. Fortu-nately, because of the existing extensive body of excel-lent ecological research on lime (e.g. Piggott and Hunt-ley 1981, Rackham 2006), I had a good starting point.

Lime (both small-leaved lime, T. cordata and large-leaved lime, T. platyphyllos) was one of the dominantwoodland trees across much of lowland Britain andnorth-west Europe by 6000 BP but is now relatively rarein Britain and has almost completely disappeared fromthe Netherlands and Belgium. The population genetics of lime has been influenced by several processes. Firstly, thespread of the species from its ice age refugia into regions where it is currently found will have left a genetic signa-ture. Secondly, the species easily reproduces clonally and both cooling climate (from approximately 5000 BP) andmanagement by humans (pollarding and coppicing) has decreased sexual reproduction, especially in more northernareas. Thirdly, hybridisation between small-leaved and large-leaved lime, to form T. x europaea, will have changedits genetics.

Fig. 2. Thayatal, Czech Republic

To understand and assess lime genetic diversity it isimportant to encompass its full range as far as possi-ble. The forest ecology community has been very goodto us, and samples from many countries all over Europewere sent. However, not being a forest ecologist, it wasimportant for me to visit some locations to meet localresearchers and see the trees ‘in the flesh’, which waspossible through a grant from the Genetics Society. Wevisited 13 locations, some more remarkable than others.Our first location was in Colbitz (Germany), where thesign declared the wood the largest ‘Lindenwald’ in Eu-rope. The history of the wood is unclear, but it seemsthat wood has been extracted over a long period andlime has survived due to its ability to regenerate fromstumps. It has been a nature reserve since the early1900s and now trees and branches that have fallen areleft which gives the impression of a fairy tale wood (Fig1). While the stems are likely to be 100 to 200 years old

there are huge circular clones of what probably were single original trees that originated a thousand or more yearsago.

Moving further south, we visited the Thayatal National Park, which is well worth a visit. The river Thaya formsthe border of Austria and the Czech Republic. Because of its steep slopes and isolated position, biodiversity is veryhigh, and mostly unspoilt by human activities. Here, the trees were on a very rocky slope to the river, with hugeself-coppiced trees that appear to be of extremely great age (Fig 2). The national park headquarters in Hardegg hadan interesting exhibition on the wildcat, including two animals cared for by the head forester Wolfgang Riener. Onthe way we also stopped at three ancient lime trees in villages; a book of 400 impressive lime trees in Germany wasthe source for these (Brunner 2007).


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Fig. 3. Lime seedling in Velký Osek, Czech Republic

In most woods there was no evidence of seedlings oryoung saplings. An exception was a wood in the CzechRepublic (Velký Osek, gene reserve forest) where wesaw several seedlings in a sunny moist spot and the treesall seemed young (Fig 3). It was a wood indicated as abiodiversity gene bank spot. Some of the woods in thenorth of France also showed signs of recruitment. Al-though we are still lacking samples from a few regions(mostly south-east Europe, e.g. Greece, Macedonia, Bul-garia, Serbia and also Italy) we now have a good ba-sis for studying genetic diversity and genetic patternsacross Europe.

Dr Kirsten WolffReader in Evolutionary GeneticsSchool of Biology, Newcastle University

References:

Brunner M. (2007). Bedeutende Linden: 400Baumriesen Deutschlands. Haupt, Bern.Pigott C.D. & Huntley J.P. (1981) Factors controlling the distribution of Tilia cordata at the northern limit of itsgeographical range. III. Nature and cause of seed sterility. New Phytologist 87, 817–839.Rackham O. (2006). Woodlands. Collins, London.

Breaking FEG News!

by NIELS BROUWERS

INTECOL and BES Conference 2013, London, UK

I am pleased to announce that the Forest Ecology Group will be sponsoring a special symposium at the INTECOLand BES 2013 Conference, entitled "Forest resilience, tipping points and global change processes".

The symposium is organised by Christopher Reyer and Anja Rammig from the Potsdam Institute for ClimateImpact Research, Germany, and Niels Brouwers from the State Centre of Excellence for Climate Change, Woodlandand Forest Health, Australia.

The goal of this symposium is to highlight crucial research areas for the next decades that foster the understandingof forest resilience and tipping points under global change, which is required to sustain the provision of ecosystemfunctions and services. More specifically the objectives are:

1. To provide a global assessment of forest ecosystems’ sensitivity to global change.

2. To integrate research on forest responses to global change at different spatial and temporal scales.

3. To provide an overview of innovative ways to increase forest resilience in the future.

With this symposium, we would like to provide a forum that will help bring together and progress the current stateof the science. Furthermore, our symposium will offer an overview of the challenges that ecology faces in addressingincreasingly multidisciplinary research questions of critical societal importance.

For further information please contact Christopher Reyer or Niels Brouwers.


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Notices

Tropical Native Species Re-forestation Information Clearing-

house

by GILLIAN BLOOMFIELD

The Environmental Leadershipand Training Initiative (ELTI) ispleased to present a new educationaltool about reforestation with nativetree species in tropical Asia and theNeotropics at reforestation.elti.org.

Search for reforestation projectsand literature, learn about otherrestoration efforts, and feature yourown work.

For more information, please con-tact [email protected].

Project Baseline

by KAREN UPDEGRAFF

Project Baseline is a US nation-wide, long-term, NSF-funded initia-tive designed to build a research-quality seed bank that will enablecontemporary and future scientists todirectly study evolutionary changesas plants respond to environmentalchange. We will do this by collectingand storing seeds from well-definedpopulations of relatively common,widely-distributed, and short-livedplant taxa. The seeds will be archivedat the National Center for Genetic Re-sources Preservation, in Fort Collins,CO.

Seeds will be released to re-searchers at defined (e.g. 5-10 year)intervals over a period of 50 years, tobe grown in common gardens withtheir descendants, or subjected toother, more novel, types of pheno-typic and genetic analysis.

Because this project is designed tobenefit the scientific community as awhole, we are soliciting suggestionsfor candidate species. If you wouldlike to suggest a species or popula-tion, please fill out and submit theSpecies Suggestion Form. The maincriteria for sites are that they be en-sured of long-term protection frommajor disturbance and that they bephysically and legally accessible bycollection teams. Budget considera-tions currently restrict us to North

American sites.More information about this

project may be obtained fromour website or by contactingKaren Updegraff, Project Manager([email protected]).

Animals, Man and Treescapes

Ian D. Rotherham & Christine Han-dley (editors)

Pre-proceedings of the 2011 Con-ference now available from Wild-track Publishing. Major themes cov-ered by the event included: the im-pacts of grazing animals on bothupland and lowland wooded land-scapes; managing sites with grazinganimals; problems and issues of in-appropriate grazing; issues aroundre-wilding landscapes; historic per-spectives through landscape history;and issues around current and futuremanagement of these historic land-scapes. Softback, 338 pages, in eitherfull colour or black & white. Purchasecopies here.

Upcoming Meetings

Forest Inventory and Analysis

Science Symposium 2012

by RANDALL MORIN

Baltimore, MD, 30 October - 1November (Location and dates are ten-tative)

Moving from Status to Trends:

Forest Inventory and Analysis ScienceSymposium 2012

First Call for Sessions and Papersavailable here.

October 2012 will mark the 20thanniversary of the Report of the BlueRibbon Panel on Forest Inventoryand Analysis. This report expandedthe focus of the national forest in-ventory in the United States to in-clude monitoring of the forest re-source trends on a more frequenttime interval. In recognition of thismilestone, the theme of the 2012 FIAScience Symposium is "Moving fromStatus to Trends." The Symposiumwill bring together international for-est scientists, managers, and stake-holders to share insights on contem-porary issues, science policy, mensu-ration, geospatial products, inventoryand monitoring methods, and othertopics:

• Present the role of National For-est Inventory (NFI) in aidingpolicy and management deci-sions

• Discuss monitoring versus in-ventory and how they work to-gether

• Exchange of forest monitoringscience and technology acrossinternational borders

• Share the latest studies ontrends using time series data

• Provide a forum for linkingissue-focused analyses withtechniques development

• Highlight cutting-edge mensu-ration, modeling, and relatedscience

• Showcase collaborative effortsand foster continued work withNFI partners

• Display state-of-the-art scienceand tools

• Communicate utility of NFIdata and analyses to thebroader user community

• Provide an environment thatfosters networking and scien-tific exchange between inven-tory professionals


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Venue and registration detailsare forthcoming. Send abstracts andqueries to Randall Morin. Abstractsare due 30th March, 2012

6th International Canopy Con-

ference

24-27 October, Oaxaca, Mexico

It is a pleasure to invite you tothe 6th international canopy confer-ence that will take place at Oax-aca City from 24-27 October 2012.We are extending an early invita-tion to global canopy experts in-cluding biologists, climate changescientists, environmental managers,policy–makers and social scientiststo build inter-disciplinary links incanopy science that will foster in-creased understanding of the canopyin order to conserve and make sus-tainable use of it. See website for fur-ther details.

Farm Woodland Forum Annual

Meeting

by JAMES WALMSLEY

24-25 May, Bangor, North Wales

The theme for the meeting is"Trees, farms and ecosystem ser-vices". First day: Presentations, lec-tures and networking at HenfaesResearch Centre, Bangor University.

Second day: site visit to Esgair Forestcourtesy of Peter Bottoms.

The ecosystem service approachoffers the potential to enhancedecision-making related to land man-agement. Wales sees itself as a pi-oneer in this field and policy de-velopments (specifically the NaturalEnvironment Framework) as well asgrant schemes and other initiativesreflect this. The establishment of aSingle Environment Body potentiallypresents new opportunities for en-hancing the delivery of ecosystemservices. Yet pressing questions re-main.

• What ecosystem services docurrent farm woodland activi-ties deliver?

• How can they be measured?

• How can existing farm wood-land activities be best incorpo-rated into the ecosystem serviceframework?

• What tools exist?

• What scale can/should ecosys-tem services be assessed?

• Does the approach allow moretransparent and holistic deci-sion making that takes all af-fected parties into account?

This event will provide an oppor-tunity for farmers and farm wood-land owners, policymakers, landmanagers, researchers and other in-terested parties to find out moreabout how the ecosystem service ap-proach has been adopted, the lessonslearned to date and the poten-tial for further implementation. Wealso hope to provide an update onthe newly founded European Agro-forestry Federation (EURAFF).

We would like to invite anyone in-terested in presenting at the event toget in touch as soon as possible. Moreinformation and a draft programmewill be available shortly.

We will also post informationup on the Farm Woodland Forumwebsite. All email correspondence re-garding the meeting should be di-rected to James Walmsley. If anyonewould like to present a poster at themeeting please let me know.

Valuing Trees and Woodlands

by JOHN JACKSON

23rd April, Stoneleigh Park, War-wickshire, UK

Valuing Trees and Woodlands:A new understanding of their trueworth. Experts from across theforestry and woodlands industry willbe speaking at a one-day conferenceorganised by the Royal Forestry Soci-ety and the Royal Agricultural Soci-ety of England to look at new waysof valuing the UK’s woodlands andforests.

The NDG James Memorial Eventat Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshireon 23 April 2012 will also examinehow the new valuations might gen-erate benefits for owners, managers,society and the woodlands them-selves. Speakers will include special-ists from the Forestry Commission,


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Woodland Trust, CLBA, National For-est Co, Plantlife, Arboricultural Asso-ciation and the RFS. Short case stud-ies will be provided by a range ofpractitioners.

Full details will be on both theRFS website and the RASE website.Bookings will be taken by theRASE Events Team.

Spencer Bursaries are available toRFS student members towards thecosts of attending. Visit here for moreor email [email protected]. The clos-ing date for bursary applications isTuesday 3rd April.

Trees Beyond The Wood

by JOHN BIRBECK

5-7 September, Sheffield, UK

Trees Beyond the Wood: An ex-ploration of concepts of woods,forests and trees.

The South Yorkshire BiodiversityResearch Group together with theBiodiversity and Landscape HistoryResearch Institute and partners in-cluding BES are organising the con-ference to celebrate twenty years ofwork since the first major confer-ence on the theme of ancient treesand woodlands was held in Sheffield.It is also almost ten years sincethe 2003 Working and Walking inthe Footsteps of Ghosts event whichstarted to raise issues and challengeassumptions about what is ‘ancient’or ‘natural’ and what is meant bythe terms ‘wood’ or ‘woodland’. Sincethen on-going work in a range of dis-ciplines across ecology, biology, land-scape history, archaeology, forestryand nature conservation has contin-ued the process of research and eval-uation across the subject area.

The 2012 event will bring to-gether key speakers in the debateand give the opportunity for oth-ers to present shorter papers orposters to explore themes and is-sues which will move the discus-sion forward and allow for a greaterlevel of understanding between dis-ciplines. We will include people froma variety of backgrounds (academic,NGOs, local authorities, conserva-

tion trusts, businesses and voluntarysector); and countries (principallyUK and Europe). Speakers alreadyconfirmed include George Peterken,Charles Watkins, Paul Warde, TedGreen, Jill Butler, Keith Alexander,Peter Szabo, Della Hooke, Brian Mue-laner, Melvyn Jones and Ian Rother-ham.

Oliver Rackham will be a keynotespeaker and Donald Pigott (ourkeynote in 1992), will be one of ourconference guests talking about hislong-awaited book on the genus Tilia.

We are still inviting submissionof poster presentations which focuson specific case study areas, individ-ual species and genera, or suites ofspecies as well as those which ad-dress the issues at habitat and land-scape levels. The core theme of theevent will be to raise and discuss is-sues around the concept of a ‘wood’,and to address issues of trees outside‘woods’. There will be a poster pre-sentation session on the Thursday af-ternoon of the conference.

The conference will begin late-morning Wednesday (5th); after theopening presentations there will be afield visit to the Chatsworth Estate onthe edge of the Peak District whichwill demonstrate several of the con-ference themes.

For further information, book-ing form and draft programmevisit our website. All enquiries [email protected].

ForestSAT 2012

by MAUREEN DUANE

11-14 September, Corvallis, OR

Second Call for Abstracts!Come join us 11-14 Septem-

ber in Corvallis, Oregon, USA forthis important conference promot-ing science-based applications of re-

mote sensing and other spatial datain forested systems.

The purpose of ForestSAT 2012is to promote scientifically-based un-derstanding of how spatial analy-sis technologies can help describeand monitor forested systems. Rec-ognized is an inherent need to in-tegrate data from an array of re-mote sensing systems, and other spa-tial information, using a variety ofapproaches. Numerous uses of spa-tial data are relevant, from address-ing the needs of local forest man-agers, to informing forest ecosystemmodels, to establishing monitoringsystems in support of internationalagreements. Delegates to ForestSATtypically represent research organiza-tions, universities, agencies, and theprivate sector.

The second call for abstracts canbe found in the attachment or onthe website. The deadline for abstractsubmission is 15 April.

Grants & Funding

CTFS-SIGEO Short-Term Re-

search Fellowships in China

by LIZ DELANEY

Summer 2012

CTFS-SIGEO welcomes applica-tions from graduate students/earlycareer scientists to participate in aninternational scientific exchange inChina this summer, for 1-3 months,fully funded.

The NSF-IRCN Dimensions of Bio-diversity grant (DEB-1046113), “Di-versity and Forest Change: Character-izing functional, phylogenetic and ge-netic contributions to diversity gra-dients and dynamics in tree commu-nities” is designed to advance un-derstanding of how taxonomic, func-tional and genetic dimensions of di-versity structure tree communitiesand relate to the resilience of foreststo global change.

CTFS-SIGEO will work with fel-lowship recipients to help identify re-search interests in common with Chi-nese partner researchers, with the ul-


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timate goal of advancing collabora-tive cross-site analyses resulting injoint papers using plot data.

In order to apply for this fellow-ship, please send a CV, a statementof interest in the fellowship, includ-ing an indication of goals for the fel-lowship, and names and contact de-tails of three potential references toLiz Delaney, CTFS Program Manager,by March 15

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