Session 5. Forest Health: Effects of Air Pollution, Forest Pests and Pathogens

Co-Chairs: Andrzej Bytnerowicz and Gillian Allard

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Oral presentations

  • Climate Change, Pollutant Deposition and the Ozone Situation Worldwide: Implications for, and the Role of, Forests - Kuylenstierna Johan
  • Effects of Climate, Air Pollution, Pests and Pathogens on Forest Health – An Integrative Perspective of IUFRO - Bytnerowicz A., Wingfield M., Paoletti E., Laflamme G. and Liebhold A.
  • Forest Health in North America: Current Conditions, Historic Trends, and Future Risks - Tkacz Borys, Moody Ben, Villa Castillo Jaime and Fenn Mark E.
  • Forest Monitoring and Critical Loads Assessments as a Scientific Basis for Air Pollution Control in Europe - Lorenz M., Nagel H.D., Granke O. and Kraft P.
  • Climate Change Impacts on Forest Health - Moore Beverly A. and Allard Gillian B.
  • How to Protect Forests Against Aggressive Biotic Factors Under Changing Climate Scenarios? - Skorupski M. and Magowski W.
  • Does Climate Change Promote Insect Outbreak Situations and Altered Forest Ecosystem Functions? - Le Mellec Anne, Vogt-Altena Holger, Reinhardt Annett, Gerold Gerhard and Michalzik Beate
  • Mountain Pine Beetle Attack in Immature Lodgepole Pine Stands in Central British Columbia, Canada - Hawkins Chris and Runzer Kyle
  • Foliage Browsing Insect Outbreaks in Ukraine: Incidence, Duration and Severity - Meshkova Valentyna
  • Climate Change Impacts on Population Dynamics of Ips typographus (L.) Using Fine Scale Climate Change Scenario - Hlásny Tomáš, Turčáni Marek, Bucha Tomáš and Sitková Zuzana
  • Potential Effects of Climate Change on Herbivores and Pathogens – A Review and an Example - Netherer S., Lindner M., Garcia-Gonzalo J. and Schopf A.
  • Perspectives on Boreal and Tropical Tree Pathology with a Changing Climate - Barklund Pia, Njuguna Jane, Gure Abdella, Nyeko Philip and Stenlid Jan
  • Resistance of Introduced Pinus contorta and Native P. sylvestris to Gremmeniella abietina (Ltt, European Race) in Sweden - Bernhold A., Hansson P., Rioux D., Simard M. and Laflamme G.
  • Was the Latest Outbreak of Gremmeniella abietina in Sweden Caused by Certain Climatic Sequences? - Hansson P. and Ottosson-Löfvenius M.
  • Can Long Distance Gene Flow Contribute to Adaptation of Fungal Pathogen Populations to Changing Climate? - Müller Michael M. and Hantula Jarkko

Posters

  • Local Community’s Perception about Lantana camara Wide Spread in Uganda Woodland Forests - Ssetenda Peter
  • On the Rise - Plant Invasions into Mountain Forests - Parks C.G. and MIREN
  • Possibilities and Limitation in Changing of Species Composition – Tree Disease Phenomena in Poland - Zachara Tadeusz and Gil Wojciech
  • Occurrence and Effects of Two Micromycetes in a Relict European Beech Forest in Southern Italy – Sicoli G., Bruno G., Boncaldo E. and Luisi N.
  • Tree Mortality, Increment Loss and Foliage Recovery in Middle-Aged Pinus sylvestris following Defoliation by Gremmeniella abietina and Subsequent Attack by Tomicus piniperda - Bernhold A. and Witzell J.
  • Climatic Factors Affecting the Needlecast Epidemics Caused by Lophodermium seditiosum - Vuorinen Martti
  • Forests and Climate Change - Lessons From Insects - Nomi Frederick Nubed

Abstracts accepted but not presented

  • Will Adoption of Carbon-Lean Management Practices Lead to Increased Pest Incidence? – Bertin Sophie, Perks Mike, Straw Nigel, Mason Bill, Grace John and Mencuccini Maurizio
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