Forest Adaptation 2008

Session 13. Forest Dieback and Mass Mortality: Assessments and Early Warning

Chair: Pierre Bernier

Oral presentations

• The Challenges of Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability Using an Ecosystem Approach - Murdiyarso Daniel, Santoso Heru and Idinoba Monica
• Early-Warning Detection and Assessment of Drought-Induced Dieback and Mortality of Aspen (Populus tremuloides) Forests in Western Canada - Hogg E.H. (Ted), Michaelian M., Hall R.J. and Arsenault E.J.
• Monitoring Vegetation Phenology and Biophysical Variables Using MODIS Products - Kang Synkyu, Jang Keunchang, Kim Sohee and Lee Bora
• Monitoring Insect Defoliation of Forests by Means of Laser Scanning and Hyperspectral Imagery - Lyytikäinen-Saarenmaa P. and Holopainen M.
• Climate Change in the Congolese Dense Forest - Tsalefac M. and Manetsa R.V.
• The Deterioration of the Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica) in Algeria - Chenchouni Haroun, Si Bachir Abdelkrim and Briki Athmane
• Increased Decline of Korean Fir Forest Caused by Climate Change in Mountain Halla, Korea - Lim J.-H., Chun J.H., Woo S.Y. and Kim Y.K.

Posters

• Locating Forest Field Experiments According to Present and Future Climate - Karlsson, K.
• Bioclimatic Classification for Climate Change Impact Assessment: Implication for Forest Conservation - Kim T.K., Yoo B.H., Kim M., Lee J.H., Lee S.M and Lee S.J.
• Estimation of Evapotranspiration Using MODIS Products at Flux Measurement Sites in Northeast Asia - Jang Keunchang, Kang Sinkyu and Kim Joon
• Climate Change and Forest in Morocco: Case of the Decay of the Cedar in the Atlas Mountains - Adil Said
• Extensive Mortality of Spruce Forests in Arkhangelsk Region: Satellite Image Analysis - Kauhanen H., Wallenius T., Kuuluvainen T., Aakala T. and Mikkola K.

Abstracts accepted but not presented

• Wildland Threat Assessment and Monitoring Systems on National Forests in the USA - Beatty J.S. and Ager A.A.