Tracing air pollution and climate change effects

on forest ecosystems: trend and risk assessments

5th ICP Forests Scientific Conference

10–12 May 2016 – Luxembourg

2nd Announcement and Call for Abstracts

Invitation

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The 5th ICP Forests Scientific Conference focuses on the value of long-term data in forest

ecosystem research. As a matter of fact, the impact of air pollutants on forest ecosys-

tems and their interaction with climate fluctuation and change, pests, diseases can only

be substantiated by means of long-term data, allowing trends and risk analyses.

The conference will concentrate on evaluation and methods with respect to both envi-

ronmental drivers (such as N deposition, ozone, climate) and forest responses (like tree

health and growth, nutrient contents, diversity and mycorrhizas). Issues like the sustain-

ability of ecosystem services and forest management options are closely connected to

environmental impacts and ecosystem responses and may hence be discussed.

The conference addresses all scientists in the field of air pollution and climate change

research in forests. In particular scientists and experts from ICP Forests, the UNECE ICP

community under the Working Group on Effects (WGE), partners and stakeholders, and

interested scientists from related fields are encouraged to participate. Particular interest

is put on projects, evaluations and modelling exercises that are based on ICP Forests da-

ta. Respective researchers are encouraged to present and discuss their work and results.

Main topics

Nitrogen in forest ecosystems including biodiversity issues

The role of sulphur and basic cations in forest ecosystems

The impact of ozone

Heavy metals in forests — still a challenge?

Climate change effects on forests and water budget issues

Background

Forests represent an immense resource for our planet. They provide a number of ser-

vices from the provision of wood and non-wood products to the protection of biodiversi-

ty, habitats, water resources and the regulation of atmosphere and climate processes

and forests are essential for the wellbeing of the human society.

The International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollu-

tion Effects on Forests (ICP Forests) operates under the UNECE Convention on Long-

Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP). Established in 1985, it continuously moni-

tors forest condition and environmental factors across Europe. The data is used by a

large and still growing number of scientists investigating various policy relevant research

questions.

Organization and Time schedule Conference structure

Organization. The conference will be organized in sessions with keynotes (30 min) and

standard presentations (15 min) and will offer the opportunity for mutual exchange on the

state of the art. A poster session is anticipated encouraging authors to present their find-

ings. Posters will be given a 1 minute time slot for a flash presentation.

Policy and outreach. The conference will provide an overview on the latest research in poli-cy relevant fields, such as air pollution trends, trends of response variables and interac-tions with climate change, as well as on nutrient and water cycles, biodiversity, and forest condition.

Data provider and user interface. The conference provides an annual platform to bring to-

gether monitoring experts, researchers, and modelers. Data users will benefit from back-

ground information related to the data sets. Data providers will profit from an advanced

insight into the latest statistical applications based on "their" data. Data users will be able

to take advantage of getting in touch with data experts to discuss data availability and

quality, as well as metadata.

Expected output. A special issue of an ISI journal is anticipated. Press releases based on key

results as well as technical summaries are being considered.

Scientific Committee

Marco Ferretti TerraData environmetrics, Italy,

Chair of the Scientific Committee of ICP Forests

Bruno de Vos Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Belgium

Stefan Fleck Northwest German Forest Research Station, Germany

Nenad Potočić Croatian Forest Research Institute, Croatia

Marcus Schaub Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland

Time schedule

28/02/2016 Deadline for abstract submission 24/03/2016 Confirmation notice of talk/poster 15/04/2016 Deadline for early-bird registration 29/04/2016 Final deadline for online registration 10/05/2016 Welcome reception 11/05/2016 5th Scientific Conference 12/05/2016 Excursion until approx. 14:00 (together with participants of the

32nd Task Force Meeting of ICP Forests)

Abstract submission / Registration Abstract submission

Interested scientists are invited to submit their abstracts by February 28, 2016 to Marco Ferretti (ferretti@terradata.it) and Walter Seidling (walter.seidling@ti.bund.de).

Venue and registration

The conference will take place in conjunction with the 32nd Task Force Meeting of ICP For-ests at the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure - Department of the En-vironment, 4 place de l’Europe L-1499 Luxembourg (http://www.environnement.public.lu/functions/apropos_du_site/mev/index.html). For registration all participants are kindly asked to fill in the online registration form on the ICP Forests website. All information will also be made available on the ICP Forests website at: http://icp-forests.net/events. Costs

For the Scientific Conference and for the excursion no participation fees are charged. Lunch is not offered by the organizer, however a canteen is available. For the Task Force Dinner (12 May 2016) the participation fee is 75 €.

Hotels

Participants are asked to make their own hotel arrangements. A special offer has been ar-ranged with the Suite Novotel Hotel (225 €/single room), the Novotel Hotel (225 € /single room), the Melia Hotel (195 €/single room) and the Coque Hotel (88,50 €/single room). In order to make your hotel reservation online, you will need the following access code: ICP2016. Deadline for hotel bookings is 8th April 2016 (please find more information in the separate document “hotel information”).

Contacts

Walter Seidling, Head of the Programme Co-ordinating Centre (PCC) of ICP Forests Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems Alfred-Moeller-Str. 1, Haus 41/42 16225 Eberswalde, Germany walter.seidling@ti.bund.de

Marco Ferretti, Chair of the Scientific Committee of ICP Forests TerraData environmetrics Via L Bardelloni 19 58025 Monterotondo M.mo (GR), Italy ferretti@terradata.it

Elisabeth Freymann Administration de la nature et des forêts Service des forêts 81, avenue de la Gare, 9233 Diekirch, Luxembourg elisabeth.freymann@anf.etat.lu

(i) Extent: A4 format, not more than 300 words (ii) Structure: Title, first name(s) and last name(s) of the author(s), institution(s), country and e-mail address. (iii) Content: The abstract should emphasize (i) the aim, (ii) objectives (i) methods (iv) main results of the research. (iv) Requirements for the text: a. Text editor – Microsoft Word, Font – Arial; b. All margins – 25 mm; c. Title of presentation – 16 pt, Bold; d. Author’s first name and last name – 12 pt, Bold; e. Name of institution – 10 pt, Italic; f. Text (line spacing - single) – 11 pt, normal; g. max three references might be given Please, use the following example for your layout Format example

Title of the presentation

First Name1, …, Last Name

2

1Name of the Institution, Country, email

2Name of the Institution, Country

Text, Climate change, air pollution, biodiversity, crown condition, deposition, ozone, soil solution, soil, foliar chemistry, meteorology, databases, quality assurance, quality control, spatial and temporal trends, statistical testing, sampling design, replicates, degrees of freedom, multivariate analysis, plots, subplots, quadrates, injury, symp-

toms, agents, biotic, abiotic, growth, increment, disturbances, assessment, monitor-ing, NH4

+, NO3-, Europe, forests, nitrogen, NH4-N, NO3-N, ….

Guidelines for abstract preparation