Session 3. Impacts of altered regimes to extreme abiotic events

Chair: John Innes

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Oral presentations

  • The Risk of Abiotic Forest Damages will Alter Under the Climate Change in the Boreal Conditions - Kellomäki S., Kilpeläinen A. and Peltola A.
  • The Effect of Environmental Changes on Forest Disturbances in South Korea - Park P.S., Lee K.H., Jung M.H., Shin H., Jang W., Bae K. and Lee J.
  • Sensitivity of Tropical Dry Forests to Climate Variability: Results of an 18-Year Study from Mudumalai, Southern India - Suresh H.S., Dattaraja H.S. and Sukumar R.
  • The Future of Forest Fires in Central America Under Climate Change and Socio-Economic Scenarios - Locatelli Bruno, Imbach Pablo, Guillermo Molina Luis, Palacios Elena
  • Burning Regimes and Dynamics of The Sudanian Savanna Ecosystems: The Case Study of Katiali, Côte d’Ivoire - Koné M., Bassett T. J. and Nkem J.N.
  • Tree-Ring Analysis Used for Climate Reconstruction and Fire Frequency in Mongolia - Baatarbileg Nachin
  • Impacts of Frost on Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) Susceptibility to Scolytine Ambrosia Beetles - La Spina S., De Cannière C., Sawadogo A.-K., Mayer F., Molenberg J.-M. and Grégoire J.-C.
  • Climate Change and the Probability of Wind Damage in Two Swedish Forests - Blennow Kristina, Andersson Mikael, Sallnäs Ola and Olofsson Erika

Posters

  • Influence of Surface Fires on Vegetation Diversity in Hemiboreal Pinus sylvestris Forests Under Climate Change Conditions - Marozas Vitas, Racinskas Jonas and Bartkevicius Edmundas
  • Modelling forest fire ignition and propagation for two fire-prone regions in Switzerland - Weibel P., Reineking B., Conedera M. and Bugmann H.
  • Estimate of Forest Damage Using the “Potential Level of Forest Destruction by Fire” Methodology - Sant’Anna C.M. and Pedroso D.O.
  • Fire Impact on Components of Forest Ecosystems of Central Siberia, Russia - Ivanova G., Bogorodskaja A., Krasnoshekova E, Kovaleva N., Perevosnikova V., Conard S. and McRae D.

Abstracts accepted but not presented

  • Changes in Liana and Tree Community Structures as Consequence of Increased Hurricane Frequency in Tropical Forests in Cozumel, Mexico - Pérez-Salicrup, D. R. and Patiño-Conde, P.
  • Evaluating Future Wildfire Risk Using the Keetch-Byram Drought Index - Liu Yongqiang, Stanturf John and Goodrick Scott
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