Seminario de Investigación IMAB: Tree ring research at UPNA´s long-term ecological research sites in the south-western Pyrenees

por Dr. Lo

El próximo Viernes 6 de Septiembre, se celebra a las 12h en la sala de conferencias del edificio Jerónimo de Ayanz de la UPNA el Seminario de Investigación del IMAb titulado: "Tree ring research at UPNA´s long-term ecological research sites in the south-western Pyrenees"

Resumen: 

Although everyone knows tree rings, the tree ring research (dendroecology) did not become a major study until 1970s. Under the pressure of global climate change, we need to predict the future of our forests and to set sustainable management plans. However, without knowing what happened in the past, we cannot predict the future well. Under such paradigm, with the need to understand past climate and environment conditions, and using tree ring data as a very good proxy for such kind of information, more and more researchers and resources have dived into this field. As for us, UPNA´s Ecology and Environment Group, we have maintained two experimental sites and collected data since 1999. Up to today, we have almost two decades data about these two plots, and we are using the techniques of tree ring research and the data we have to understand how environmental changes and management practices have influenced the stand dynamic of these two Scots pine – European beech stands.

Dr. Lo graduated in Forest and Natural Resource Management at the National Taiwan University, and obtained a PhD in Forest Ecology from the University of British Columbia (Canada). She is currently working as Research Associate at the Public University of Navarra (Spain). During her research, Dr. Lo has studied the influence of climate on tree growth and productivity, and developed and tested models to simulate the effects of climate change on tree productivity, combining the use of tree-ring records with field data on biogeochemical factors and tree distribution. At present, she is involved in several research lines studying the long-term influence of environmental factors on tree growth and forest development. She is also interested in the practical applications of forest ecology in restoration of altered forest plantations.

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