Mediterranean forest ecology and climate change – past and future scenarios Lisbon, Portugal Palência, January

Internship and Network Opportunities Integral - “Future-oriented integrated management of european forest landscapes”Integral Startree – “Multi-purpose trees and non-wood forest products a challenge and opportunity” COST actions: COST1203 – “European Non-Wood Forest Products Network”COST1203 FORSYS – “Forest Management Decision Support Systems”FORSYS

Internship and Network Opportunities ForEAdapt – “Knowledge exchange between Europe and America on forest growth models and optimisation for adaptive forestry”ForEAdapt SADRI – “Models and Decision Support Systems for Addressing risk and Uncertainty in Forest Planning” PINEA - Modelling growth and pine nuts production for Pinus pinea under changing environmental conditionsPINEA EucPlus-New processes and uses for eucalypt woods.

Dissertation Subjects Development of Forest Models Wood products and technology Forest Ecology under climate change

Dissertation topics Research on the effect of cork debarking intensity in cork growth and quality. Research on the effect of understory management in cork growth and quality. Research on the relation of climate variables and cork growth Analysis of the potential of remote sensing to estimate Gross Primary Productivity by models simulations. Spectral vegetation indexes adequate to estimate Gross Primary Productivity in Mediterranean forests. Identify the best indexes for GPP estimation Historic Transfer of Forest Reproductive Material (In order to maintain biodiversity and design forest gene conservationstrategies)

Dissertation topics Response to water stress of four /Quercus suber/ contrasting populations (To understand biological processes that affect drought tolerance for better allocation of Forest Reproductive material. This study is developed in controlled environment, morphological, physiological and biochemical parameters will be under evaluation.) Climate Change Effects: Monitoring 2 arboreta from Reinfforce (Characterizations of 32 species, represented by 3 provenances, and relate their behavior with their origin. Non-wood forest products: a global approach - Structure of bark in response to differing climatic/growth conditions Non-wood forest products: a global approach - Influence of climatic and forest occurrences (man-made or accidental) on ring width and anatomy Non-wood forest products: a global approach - Analysis of forest biomass within a biorefinery approach

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