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Session Programme

Session S1A [management & ecosystem services]

time ID presentations

1330-

1350 7

Compromises between biodiversity conservation and protection against rockfalls in ageing montane forests

Marc Fuhr, Franck Bourrier, Thomas Cordonnier

1350-

1410

24

Habitat suitability, loss and connectivity of capercaillie populations in the Carpathians

Martin Mikoláš, Marek Svitok, Martin Tejkal, Robert C. Morrissey, Volodymyr Trotsiuk, Pavel Janda, Radek Bače, Hana Mrhalová, Miroslav Svoboda

1410-

1430 29

Studying trade-offs between timber production, protection and biodiversity in uneven-aged mountain forests

Valentine Lafond, Thomas Cordonnier, Benoît Courbaud

1430-

1450

68

Habitat requirements of Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) and Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum) in mountainous populations on the Balkan Peninsula

Boris P. Nikolov, Stoyan I. Stoyanov, Thomas A. Groen, Iva P. Hristova-Nikolova, Tzvetan M. Zlatanov

Posters

1455-

1510

52 The price of Silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) conservation in mixed mountain forests

Andrej Ficko, Jörg Rössiger, Andrej Boncina

89 Persistence of scarification effects in a Scots pine stand within the Spanish Central System mountains

María José Aroca, José Alfredo Bravo-Fernández J.A., José Anastasio Fernández-Yuste, Rafael Serrada

71 Slovakian mountain forests tend to a new tree species composition

Joerg Roessiger, Tomáš Hlásny, Ladislav Kulla, Michal Bošeľa, Ivan Barka, Matúš Kajba

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Session S1B [governance & policy]

time ID presentations

1330-

1350

37 Participatory scenario development for forest management – empirical demonstration from Slovakiatory

Rudolf Navrátil, Yvonne Brodrechtová, Róbert Sedmák, Ján Tuček, Róbert Smreček

1350-

1410

14 Policy frameworks affecting European Mountain Ranges

Filip Aggestam, Zuzana Sarvašová, Bernhard Wolfslehner

1410-

1430

61 Administrative Restrictions and public support in mountain forests of the Czech republic

Michal Hrib, Roman Dudík, Vilém Jarský

1430-

1450

79 Multi-service forest management: policy gaps and challenges in European mountain ranges

Christophe Chauvin, Zuzana Sarvasova, Andrej Ficko, Marta Pardos, Erik

Wilhelmsson, Ivailo Velichkov, Gregor Weinbacher

Posters

1455-

1510

62 Willingness to pay as an indicator of mountain tourism pyschological carrying capacity

Kamran Shayesteh

58 The influence of deforestation on the changes of the stream and spring waters chemical compositions in the Malinowski catchment in Silesia Beskid

Amanda Kosmowska, Mirosław Żelazny, Stanisław Małek, Łukasz Jelonkiewicz

16 Carbon management – solution for behavioural change to sustainability?

Tatiana Kluvankova, Stanislava Brnkalakova

3

Session S1C [other]

time ID presentations

1330-

1350

81 Improvement of forest inventories and ecosystem models integrating inventories and ALS/hyperspectral data – a case study in Austria

Diethard Leber, Emil Cienciala, Jana Beranova, Manfred Lexer, Jürgen Leitner

1350-

1410

50 Memory of spatial patterns of tree regeneration in Picea abies mountain spruce forest after stand replacing disturbance

Jan Wild, Martin Kopecký, Miroslav Svoboda, Jitka Zenáhlíková, Magda Edwards-Jonášová

1410-

1430

60 Is natural regeneration a bottleneck in the performance of Pinus sylvestris mountain forests?

Rafael Calama, Rubén Manso, Ignacio Barbeito, Marta Pardos

1430-

1450

63 Landscape genetic of the Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) population within the Western Carpathians mountain forests

Klinga, P. , Mikoláš, M. , Slivková, V., Paule, L.

Posters

1455-

1510

55 Pinus sylvestris forests in peninsular Spain: National and Regional wildfire, climate and drought index relationships

Antonio Vázquez, Che Elkin, Isabel Cañellas

9

The natural growth dynamics of mountain populations of Norway spruce on morphological parameters of transplants

Jan Leugner, Jarmila Martincová, Evelína Erbanová

12 Aboveground and soil temperatures below young spruce and birch stands compared to gap in mountains Ondřej Špulák, Dušan Kacálek

4

Session S2A [management & ecosystem services]

time ID presentations

1540-

1600

2 Bark beetle outbreaks do not impair biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Bavarian Forest National Park.

Burkhard Beudert, Claus Bässler, Simon Thorn, Jörg Müller

1600-

1620

22 Simulating forest management strategies to maintain Carabid diversity in a Natura 2000 beech forest

Giorgio Vacchiano, Roberta Berretti, Renzo Motta

1620-

1640

15 Impact of natural disturbance regime and forest management on ecosystem services in the Tatra National Park

Peter Fleischer, Peter Fleischer jr, Ladislav Holko

1640-

1700

19 Tree regeneration in storm gaps in Switzerland: result from a nationwide sample and practitioner's response

Thomas Wohlgemuth, Kathrin Kramer, Raphael Schwitter, Arthur Sandri, Peter Bebi,

Peter Brang

Posters

1700-

1725

82 Testing five forest models against long term observational data from mountain forests in South-Central Europe

Florian Irauschek, Werner Rammer, Marco Mina, Harald Bugmann, Tomas Hlasny,

Ivan Barka, Benoit Courbaud, Matija Klopcic, Manfred J Lexer

53 Regeneration of mountain Picea abies (L.) karst. Forests after large-scale disturbances in Vitosha nature park

Alexander Dountchev, Momchil Panayotov, Petar Zhelev

26 Successional changes of biomass and leaf area during ten years after large-scale disturbance in Norway spruce forests

Zuzana Homolova, Peter Fleicher jr., Peter Fleischer

33 Evolution of forest ecosystem services in a mountain forest using multi-criteria techniques

Luis Díaz-Balteiro, María Martínez-Jaúregui, Mar Conde, Rafael Alonso, Marta Pardos

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Session S2B [other]

time ID presentations

1540-

1600

1 Changes in spring temperature and spring ephemerals in a montane deciduous forest

Pil Sun Park, You Lim Jang, Hyun Jung Kim, Jong Bin Jung, Joo Han Sung

1600-

1620

27 Foraging substrate preferences of birds in primeval mixed forest in the Western Carpathians: Implications for management

Martin Korňan

1620-

1640

38 Tourists’ perception and preferences regarding deadwood in forest

Fabio Pastorella, Alessandro Paletto

1640-

1700

43 Efficiency gap analysis of harvesting systems in European mountain forests Adrian Enache, Martin Kühmaier, Rien Visser

Posters

1700-

1725

8 Crown defoliation and causes of dieback of Silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) trees in Croatia

Damir Ugarković, Milan Oršanić, Stjepan Mikac, Ivica Tikvić, Damir Drvodelić

70 Ecological and typological properties and productivity of common Beech (Fagus sylvatica) Forest ecosystem in Croatia

Jasna Medak, Ivan Pilas, Ivan Medved, Damir Medak

74 Physiological response of subalpine saplings to drought

Svetoslav Anev, Adriana Ivanova, Nikolina Tzvetkova, Stefan Yurukov

77 The detection of windfall and windbreak in Norway spruce stands using OBIA, LiDAR and aerial photo based 3D point clouds – a case of study in Koscieliska Valley (Tatra National Park, Poland)

Adria Descals, Paweł Hawryło, Piotr Wężyk

6

Session S2C [other]

time ID presentations

1540-

1600

10 Impacts of climate and land-use changes on ecosystem services at the treeline ecotone, Central Appennines

Caterina Palombo, Chiara Calderaro, Lorenzo Sallustio, Matteo Vizzarri, Roberto Tognetti, Marco Marchetti, Carlo Blasi

1600-

1620

32 Capability of forest management to preserve autochthonous conifers in mixed mountain forests under climate change

Matija Klopčič, Marco Mina, Harald Bugmann, Andrej Bončina

1620-

1640

48 Response of ecosystem services of mountain forests to climate change: A simulation study across multiple European sites

Zhun Mao, Ché Elkin, Manfred J. Lexer, Thomas Cordonnier et al.

1640-

1700

67 Climate sensitivity of Norway spruce relict populations in the Dinaric Alps

Stjepan Mikac, Igor Anić, Tom Levanić

Posters

1700-

1725

30 Impact of climate change on forest ecosystems of Urals

Vladimir N. Bolshakov, Stepan G. Shiyatov, Konstantin I. Berdyugin

18 Sustainable management of the Western Ghats mountain forest: Challenges under a changing climate K. Shadananan Nair

88 A multi-criteria decisio support system for the multifunctional management of forests on enterprise level

Clemens Blattert, Oliver Thees, Renato Lemm

54 The Use of DSS Optimal for the conditions of Mountains Forests – Case Study Róbert Marušák, Jan Kašpar

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8 July 2015

Session S3A [management & ecosystem services]

time ID presentations

0900-

0920 34

Adaptive forest management is necessary to maintain ecosystem services in different European mountain regions

Marco Mina, Maxime Cailleret, Harald Bugmann

0920-

0940 40

How the commercial spruce forests in the Central Europe respond to different management regimes?

Tomáš Hlásny, Ivan Barka, Ladislav Kulla, Zuzana Sarvašová, Tomáš Bucha

0940-

1000

41

Carbon temporal dynamics along the rotation period of two management systems in Mediterranean mountain forests

Daniel Moreno-Fernández, Eugenio Díaz-Pinés, Ignacio Barbeito, Mariola Sánchez-González, Fernando Montes, Agustín Rubio, Isabel Cañellas

1000-

1020 83

Evaluating multifunctionality and adaptive capacity to climate change ofmountain forest management alternatives in the Eastern Alps

Florian Irauschek, Werner Rammer, Manfred J Lexer

Posters

1020-

1025

17 Sustainable management of Greek forest mountains: past and future views under continuing stress factors

Konstantinos Martinos, Elpiniki Skoufogianni, Alexandra Solomou, Chrisi Stathaki

45

Historical trends in the provision of ecosystem services in European mountain forests

Maria Pasalodos, Matija Klopcic, Tomas Hlásny, Erik Wilhelmsson, Thomas Cordonnier, Marta Pardos

3

Age structure and annual stem increment in two forest-steppe regions at different land-use intensities

Elmira Khansaritoreh, Choimaa Dulamsuren, Mahammad Eldarov, Christoph Leuschner, Markus Hauck

8

Session S3B [decision support]

time ID presentations

0900-

0920 23

Multifunctional forest management: An optimization approach under changing climate conditions

Fabian H. Härtl, Thomas Knoke

0920-

0940

35

Value-based trade-offs between ecosystem services from European mountain forests

Alexandra Langner, Florian Irauschek, Susana Perez, Marta Pardos, Tzvetan Zlatanov, Manfred J Lexer

0940-

1000

75

Evaluating participatory techniques to develop climate change adaptation plan of action: Nepal case study

Chiranjeewee Khadka, Anju Upadhyaya, Hima. D. Uprety, Keshav Aryal, Pavel Cudlin, Harald Vacik

1000-

1020 84

Decision support toolkit for adaptive management of forest ecosystem services across borders in Europe

Brady J. Mattsson, Harald Vacik

Posters

1020-

1025 44

Decision support tool for multidimensional evaluation of forest road networks and harvesting systems in European mountain forests

Adrian Enache, Martin Kühmaier, Karl Stampfer

73

Site-specific calibration of the forest dynamics model Sibyla in the Czech Republic Tomáš Čihák, Tomáš Hlásny, Ivan Barka, Róbert Marušák, Marek Fabrika, Jiří Novák, Marian Slodičák

85

Long-term forest planning in participatory environments using AHP and TOPSIS Eva-Maria Nordström, Hilma Nilsson, Karin Öhman

9

Session S3C [other]

time ID presentations

0900-

0920

39

Recognizing factors of the spruce decline as management decision input – Case study from Beskydy mountains

Emil Cienciala, Vladimír Zatloukal, Jana Beranová, Šárka Holá, Iva Hůnová, Radek Russ

0920-

0940 46

Ecological-economic efficiency of mountain forests management in the Czech Republic

Vilém Podrázský, Roman Sloup, Karel Pulkrab

0940-

1000 56

Natural regeneration of Picea abies in patch cuts in the Swiss Alps: a retrospective study

Petia Simeonova Nikolova, Peter Brang

1000-

1020 78

Monitoring of changes in the mountain ecosystems using advanced remote sensing technology

Piotr Wężyk, Paweł Hawryło, Marta Szostak, Adria Descals

Posters

1020-

1025

65

Genetic inventory of Brown bear (Ursus Arctos) in high Tatras

Jana Bakan, Diana Krajmerová, Peter Klinga, Ladislav Paule

64

Global warming and potential vulnerability of high mountain plants

Wooseok Kong, Slegee Lee, Changho Shin, Kyung Choi, Jongcheol Yang

76

Monitoring of the forest cover dynamics in the Tatra National Park using remote sensing data and GEOBIA approach – the case study of the windstorm of December 2013 in the Western Polish Tatra.

Adria Descals, Paweł Hawryło, Piotr Wężyk

10

Session S4A [disturbances]

time ID presentations

1110-

1130

20

Disturbance history of primary mountain Norway spruce forests in Slovakia, lesson from the past development

Pavel Janda, Martin Mikoláš, Volodymyr Trotsiuk, Radek Bače, Hana Mrhalová, Robert C. Morrissey, Marián Jasík, Juraj Vysoký, Peter Fleischer, Stanislav Kucbel, Milan Saniga, Miroslav Svoboda

1130-

1150 21

Fire-mediated pathways of stand regeneration in beech forests of the Alps

Davide Ascoli, Giorgio Vacchiano, Janet Maringer, Thomas Wohlgemuth, Giovanni Bovio, Marco Conedera

1150-

1210

47

Three centuries of spatio-temporal variability of disturbance regime in primary Norway spruce forest across Europe

Miroslav Svoboda, Volodymyr Trotsiuk, Pavel Janda, Martin Mikoláš, Radek Bače, Robert C. Morrissey, Vojtěch Čada, Hana Mrhalová, Lenka Matějů

1210-

1230 28

Disturbances facilitate the adaptation of forest composition to climate change

Dominik Thom, Werner Rammer, Rupert Seidl

Posters

1230-

1250

49

Modelling spatial and temporal variation of bark beetle damages on Scots pine mountain forests: site and management influence

Sonia Roig, Alfredo Bravo, Aitor Gastón, Cristina López-Pérez, Miguel Cabrera, Marta Pardos, Miren del Río

69

Natural disturbances in Norway spruce forests in Bulgaria

Momchil Panayotov, Nickolay Tsvetanov, Neno Alexandrov, Evgeni Tsavkov, Stefan Yurukov, Dominik Kulakowski, Peter Bebi

86

Survival and growth of Norway spruce regeneration after stand-replacing bark-beetle outbreak

Martin Macek, Jan Wild, Martin Kopecký, Jaroslav Červenka,

Miroslav Svoboda, Josef Brůna, Anton Fischer

11

Session S4B [management & ecosystem services; climate change impacts]

time ID presentations

1110-

1130 87

Changes in tree species composition in Swiss forests are only weakly explained by climate warming

Meinrad Küchler, Helen Küchler, Markus Huber, Thomas Wohlgemuth

1130-

1150 4

An empirical model of optimal structure in subalpine Norway spruce forests of Central Slovakia

Stanislav Kucbel, Ján Pittner, Peter Jaloviar, Milan Saniga, Jaroslav Vencurik

1150-

1210 51

Potential for forest management in a mountain forest landscape in Vilhelmina, Sweden

Erik Wilhelmsson

1210-

1230

57

Dynamics of ecosystem services in Pinus sylvestris stands under different managements along ecological gradients

Rafael Alonso Ponce, Sonia Roig, Alfredo Bravo, Miren del Río, Gregorio Montero, Marta Pardos

Posters

1230-

1250

25

Effects of thinning on the provision of ecosystem services in Scots pine forests

Ricardo Ruiz-Peinado, Miren del Río, Marta Pardos, Andrés Bravo-Oviedo, Gregorio Montero

72

Long-term analysis of regeneration after windthrow disturbances in the Norway spruce reserve Parangalitsa in Bulgaria

Nickolay A. Tsvetanov, Momchil P. Panayotov, Stefan I. Yurukov

11

Visitor attitudes towards natural disturbance – the case of bark beetle in Tatra National Park, Poland

Juraj Svajda, Antoni Zięba, Pawel Adamski

12

Session S4C [policy and governance]

time ID presentations

1110-

1130

59

Ecosystem services in mountain forests – comparing stakeholder perceptions in European case studies

Huber Patrick, Wolfslehner, B., Pardos, M., Zlatanov, T., Hlasny, T., Wilhelmsson, E., Klopcic, M., Cordonnier, T. , Lexer, M.J.

1130-

1150 66

Small Forest Landowners in Slovenia: Who Intends to Manage Their Forestland and Why?

Peter Kumer

1150-

1210 80

Dependency of mountain communities on provisioning of forest ecosystem services in the Ukrainian Carpathians

Ihor Soloviy, Tetiana Zhyla, Roman Volosyanchuk, Andriy Zhyla

1210-

1230 42

The role of stakeholders in the National Forest Programme (NFP): the case of the Czech Republic

Balest Jessica, Hrib Michal, Dobšinská Zuzana, Paletto Alessandro

Posters

1230-

1250 13

Stakeholders’ perceptions about multifunctional forest management and mountain forests

Lucia Ambrusova, Zuzana Sarvasova, Zuzana Dobsinska, Emil Cienciala, Jana Beranova

36

Land use land cover change in north Iraq/ Kurdistan region

Warveen Mosa