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110% MIXING SOLUTIONS 125TH ANNIVERSARY CONGRESS MAIN PROGRAM Freiburg 18 – 22 September 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS Register Chapter Page Welcome Messages 4 International host - IUFRO 10 Congress aim 12 Preview IUFRO World Congress 2019 13 Local host 14 Congress Organization 24 Monday, 18 September 2017 Daily Overview 28 Scientific Program 32 Tuesday, 19 September 2017 Daily Overview 70 Highlights 74 Scientific Program 78 Wednesday, 20 September 2017 Daily Overview 88 Highlights 92 Scientific Program 96 Thursday, 21 September 2017 Daily Overview 126 Highlights 130 Scientific Program 134 Friday, 22 September 2017 Daily Overview 160 Highlights 164 Scientific Program 170 Posters Poster Exhibition - daily overview 188 Events Events 224 Partners Key Partners, Public Sponsors and Donors 232 Speakers 234 Information General Information 268 Site maps 272 Imprint 282 Please note the information concerning the different event locations on page 268. 2 Status as at time of printing (18/08/2017) 3 WELCOME MESSAGES rapidly changing world; one where natural resources including But there is another reason why Freiburg is such an outstanding forests are under severe pressure. This has impacts on virtually congress location: its close proximity to many European partner every element of our lives; the security of water resources, the air countries. I am therefore delighted that this IUFRO Congress we breathe, food security, and general human well-being. also underlines the long-standing and excellent cooperation in It is my sincere hope that by marking the 125th anniversary of international forestry research. Research partners from Swit- IUFRO, we will all be inspired to take steps towards more closely zerland, Austria and the French region of Lorraine, along with interconnecting forests, science and people. This will allow us other parts of Germany such as Bavaria, have worked together to jointly pursue our ultimate goal to find pathways towards with the Forest Experimental and Research Institute in Freiburg more sustainable global development. The future of our forests to organise this important event and the many excursions and will depend deeply on research to provide solutions to the many activities taking place before the congress. challenges that face them. IUFRO will surely play an increasingly Michael Wingfield important role in achieving this objective. Christian Schmidt In Germany, we live and work with forests. Our forests are consequently recreational areas and place of economic activity Dear friends and colleagues Together with our local hosts and regional partners, we have Dear Reader as well as natural habitats. Our forest policy picks up on the anticipated our 125 Anniversary Congress for a long time. It multi-functional nature of our forests and the different goals It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to IUFRO’s 125th provides a unique opportunity to gain new knowledge from I extend my sincere congratulations on the 125th anniversary that are pursued, analyses potential conflicts of interests and Anniversary Congress in the beautiful city of Freiburg. In outstanding research. Importantly, it also offers a platform to en- of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations supports the development of possible solutions. In light of this, attending this meeting, you are participating in one of the largest gage not only with many of the world’s leading forest scientists (IUFRO). IUFRO has long been established as the international the research community is an extremely important partner for gatherings of the forest science and associated community to be and research managers but also with global leaders in industry, organization that advances scientific investigation into current our forest policy. My ministry therefore supports forest-related held in recent years. But you also join us in celebrating a major government and civil society. forestry issues and encourages discussion on these issues at the research projects at both domestic and European level, as there milestone in the history of forest research: the 125 year-long global level. On behalf of the host country, I am delighted to is a great need for research in many areas, given the multitude of contribution that IUFRO has made to promoting international Arranging a Congress of this magnitude requires a huge effort on welcome you to the Anniversary Congress in Freiburg. You could pressing global and local concerns relating to forests. The IUFRO cooperation in research embracing the full range of topics related the part of many people. I take this opportunity to thank the NFZ. not have chosen a better location. congress will unquestionably play a role in finding answers to to forests and trees. forestnet as our local hosts, the members of the Congress Orga- these urgent questions, from adapting forests to climate change nizing Committee, the Congress Scientific Committee, the IUFRO Germany is a land of forests. Forests play a key role in German lit- and identifying the interrelations and effects of sustainable forest As you may know, IUFRO was established on 17 August 1892 Headquarters team in Vienna and the many other people that erature, art, architecture and other arts. The term “sustainability” management and nature conservation to promoting the efficient in the small town of Eberswalde near Berlin, Germany, by only have worked tirelessly to prepare a globally relevant, scientifically was first coined 300 years ago in German forest management. use of resources. I look forward to the results of the Anniversary three organizations that became the founding members: the challenging and socially enjoyable event for us. Forests have also always been a subject of scientific interest in Congress! Association of German Forest Experiment Stations and the research. The city of Freiburg boasts the Albert Ludwig University experiment stations of Austria and Switzerland. From that time It is a particular privilege for me to serve IUFRO as its President and the renowned Forest Experimental and Research Institute Best wishes, onwards, IUFRO has grown to become a worldwide organization during our 125th Anniversary year. Thank you for attending this (FVA), making it one of the main centres of German forestry re- and now represents more than 15,000 forest scientists in over meeting and for sharing your knowledge and experience. In search. Surrounded by the scenery of the Black Forest, the setting 600 Member Organizations and in 126 different countries. doing so, you are contributing to the future, not only of IUFRO for many German tales and legends, the Anniversary Congress but to the long term well-being of humankind. I wish you a week in Freiburg will doubtless be an unforgettable experience for all IUFRO originally emerged from the recognition that research full of inspiring scientific presentations, important stakeholder delegates. was important to the future of forests and people. This remains discussions, amazing anniversary celebrations, and wonderful as true today as it was 125 years ago! We live in a complex and networking opportunities! Michael J. Wingfield Christian Schmidt Ph.D., D.Sc. h.c (UBC, NCSU), FRSSA, ASSAF Member of the German Bundestag President: International Union of Forestry Research Organisations Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture (IUFRO) Mondi Professor of Forest Pathology Director: FABI, the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (RSA) & DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology 4 5 WELCOME MESSAGES Dear Guests, To sustain these core competences, ForstBW relies on continuous professional development and substantiated scientific insights I am pleased that you will come from all over the world to and feedback. attend the congress celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) in The Forest Research Institute of Baden-Württemberg (FVA) is a Freiburg – at the foot of the Black Forest. fundamental consultant for us as well as for many private forest owners in Baden-Württemberg and far beyond. The original The Black Forest is better known than any other forest in Ger- forest research institutes of Baden and Württemberg were many. Regional products like the Black Forest cake, Black Forest founded during the 1870’s and thus we can draw back on the Kirschwasser and cuckoo clocks are famous and popular around knowledge of many generations of forest scientists. Through this the world. The Black Forest offers myths and modernity, nature mixture of long-term knowledge and the ongoing dedicated Peter Hauk and culture, and recreation and enjoyment alike. The people who Max Reger work of its researchers today the FVA is one essential pillar of our live here have formed the Black Forest and, in turn, the Black decision making. Forest with its many isolated valleys has formed the people. Dear Reader, Even today the Black Forest provides many jobs in forestry and However, in our highly globalized world, local and global actions tourism. Simultaneously, the Black Forest affords an important As head of the public forestry administration of Baden-Württem- and conditions are mired more closely than ever before. The un- natural habitat for rare plant and animal species through two berg ForstBW, I am very happy to welcome you in Freiburg for the certainties arising from global change pose new challenges to a large conservation areas; the Black Forest National Park and the IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress 2017! sustainable forest management on the spot. Thus, we also highly Black Forest Biosphere