Symposium - Drought, plant hydraulic traits and vegetation modeling
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Symposium
Drought, plant hydraulic traits and vegetation modeling
Tuesday 4 September 2018
Room C0326, Forum Building, Wageningen University Campus
Scope
Many ecosystems around the globe have experienced frequent and severe droughts in the past two decades. These extreme events have caused large-scale tree mortality and negatively affected the carbon balance of several ecosystems, including significant losses in crop production. Recent studies suggest that plant hydraulic traits are important to predict the risk of drought induced mortality and the distribution of vegetation across climatic and hydrological gradients. In this symposium, we will provide a forum for recent breakthroughs and syntheses in the field of plant hydraulics and its links to ecosystem functioning and resilience. Speakers will address diverse topics, from tree hydraulic performance under drought and the physiological thresholds that trigger mortality, to the role of climate and hydrology as drivers of hydraulic trait variation at the global scale. The symposium will also address novel process-based models that predict mortality and productivity at the tree and ecosystem level and novel methods and approaches to measure plant drought resistance.
Programme
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09:00 – 09:30 |
Registration and Coffee |
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09:30 – 09:40 |
Welcome by Chair of the Day Rafael Oliveira, University of Campinas / Wageningen |
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09:40 – 10:20 |
Leaf economics and xylem hydraulics drive partitioning between leaves and wood Maurizio Mencuccini, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
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10:20 – 11:00 |
Hydrologic regulation of plant rooting depth Gonzalo Miguez Macho, University of Santiago de Compostela |
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11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee break |
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11:30 – 12:10 |
Variation in water use by communities and ecosystems in different environmental regimes Rafael Oliveira, University of Campinas |
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12:10 – 12:50 |
How can we predict drought-induced forest mortality? Jordi Martinez-Vilalta, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
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12:50 – 14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00 – 14:40 |
Novel methods and approaches to measure vegetation drought resistance Paulo Bittencourt, University of Exeter |
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14:40 – 15:10 |
Modelling tree water and carbon balance Frank Sterck, Wageningen University |
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15:20 – 15:50 |
Coffee / Tea break (with visit to posters) |
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15:50 – 16:30 |
Modelling tropical forest responses to drought and El Niño with a stomatal optimisation model based on xylem hydraulics Cleiton Eller, University of Exeter |
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16:30 – 17:00 |
Plenary Discussion |
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17:00 – 18:00 |
Drinks |
General information
| Target Group | This symposium is meant for all PhD candidates, postdocs and staff members. |
| Event duration | 1 day |
| Number of credits | 0.3 ECTS |
| Location | Wageningen University and Research Campus |
Fees 1
| FEE | |
| PhD candidates / postdocs | Free of charge |
| All others | € 25,- |
1 The course fee includes a programme, coffee/tea, lunch, and drinks
Note:
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- Please make sure that your payment, if applicable, is arranged as soon as possible after your registration.
- It is the participant's responsibility to make sure that he/she (or his/her secretary) completes the payment correctly and in time.
PE&RC Cancellation Conditions
- Up to 1 (one) week prior to the start of the event, cancellation is free of charge.
- In case of cancellation within one week prior to the start of the event, a fee of € 10,- will be charged.
- If you do not show at all without informing us prior to the event, a fee of € 25,- will nevertheless be charged.
Note: If you would like to cancel your registration, ALWAYS inform us (and do note that you will be kept to the cancellation conditions)
Organisation
This conference is organised by Rafael Oliveira (University of Campinas/WUR), Frank Sterck (WUR), and Lennart Suselbeek (PE&RC).
More information
Dr Lennart Suselbeek (PE&RC)
Phone: +31 (0) 317 485426
Email: lennart.suselbeek@wur.nl
Registration
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