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Sunday 19th August 2007 |
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6.30-8.30 |
Welcome Reception |
Registration |
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Monday 20th August 2007 |
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8.30 |
Prof Lesley Johnson, DVC(Research), Griffith UniversityWelcoming Remarks |
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9.00 |
Opening Address -"The effect of [CO2] on biomass production and carbon allocation in forests: A synthesis of results from elevated-[CO2] experiments" -Ram Oren
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9.45 |
Coffee |
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Session 1: Experimental Assessment |
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10.15 |
Keynote Address: An integrated approach for advancing the understanding of carbon and nutrient cycling in response to local management and global change |
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10.50 |
Antonio Azevedo |
Effects of harvest residue management practices on nitrogen fluxes and tree growth in a young Eucalyptus globulus plantation |
11.10 |
Peter Clinton |
A rapid method for assessment of forest productivity at a country wide scale |
11.35 |
Winnie Musila |
Effects of trees on spatial heterogeneity of soil properties in a tropical rainforest in Western Kenya and its implication on plant species diversity |
12.00 |
Lunch |
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Session 2: Modelling |
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13.30 |
Keynote Address: A simple approach for predicting forest productivity from carbon and nutrient balance mechanisms – What information is needed on soil processes?” |
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14.10 |
PR Adams |
An appraisal of CABALA for modelling eucalypt plantation productivity over multiple rotations in Tasmania |
14.30 |
DA Grant |
Plant Available Water in the 3-PG Forest Growth Model |
14.50 |
BR Jenkins |
Soil parameters to support hydraulic and water quality modelling in the Koondrook-Perricoota forest |
15.10 |
S Kaneko |
Nitrogen dynamics in rehabilitated forest soil on a degraded granitic hill |
15.30 |
Coffee |
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16.00-18.00 |
Poster Session A |
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Tuesday 21st August 2007
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8.00 |
Keynote Address: "Innovation and global change - Application of modern analytical tools (NMR, MALDI-TOF, XANES) for revealing C and N sequestration mechanisms in forest soils" |
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8.40 |
Juergen Bauhus |
The use of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to study ecological interactions in mixed Norway spruce - European beech forests? |
9.00 |
Chris Johnson |
In situ decomposition of northern hardwood boles: A 13C NMR study of tissue chemistry changes |
9.20 |
J Prietzel |
Synchrotron-based X-ray spectromicroscopy: A powerful tool for the as-sessment of sulphur and iron species in forest soils and soil aggregates with different water regime and atmospheric S input. |
9.40 |
Chengrong Chen |
Something very interesting (TBA) |
10.00 |
Coffee |
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10.30 |
Symposium Panel Of Experts – Chair Professor Zhihong Xu
This is an opportunity for an open discussion on the major theme of the Symposium “Linking Local Management to Global Challenges”. What are the major global challenges facing forested ecosystems and how best do we, as scientists, respond to those challenges? |
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12.00 |
Lunch |
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Session 4 Advances in Established Methods |
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13.30 |
Linking microbial communities to activity in soil with molecular and stable isotope techniques |
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14.10 |
Ankit Balaria |
Spectral and Elemental Characterization of Hot Water Extractable Organic Matter in a Forest Soil |
14.30 |
Anthony Gauthier |
13C differentiation of the dissolved organic carbon pool during carbon mineralization in soil from a native deciduous forest and a coniferous plantation. |
14.50 |
Laurel George |
Applications of solid-state 15n nmr spectroscopy to the study of nitrogen cycling in sub-tropical forest plantations |
15.10 |
K Ono |
Spectral Characteristics in the Near Infrared Region in Beech (Fagus crenata) and Pine (Pinus densflora) Litters at the Various Decomposing Stages on the Forest Floor at Ogawa Forest Reserve, Japan |
15.30 |
Coffee |
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16.00-18.00 |
Poster Session B |
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Thursday 23st August 2007
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8.00 |
Keynote Address: "Soil fungal communities: assessing responses to forest management and global change" |
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8.40 |
Eyob Tenkir Ermias Aynekulu |
Dry Afromontane forest ecosystem restoration: Soil seed bank analysis for natural regeneration (A case of Dodola forest, Ethiopia) |
9.00 |
Stephen Livesley |
Trace gas exchange in a fertilised and unfertilised Eucalyptus globulus plantation |
9.20 |
Tomo Morishita |
Seasonal changes in N2O flux in Japanese cedar and hardwood forests in Japan |
9.40 |
Anna E. Richards |
Soil carbon sequestration and stabilization under subtropical native tree plantations differs from original rainforest |
10.00 |
Coffee |
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Session 6: Maintaining environmental sustainability & Evaluating and monitoring |
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10.30 |
Keynote Address: "Forest Restoration: Soil Function Portends Sustained Ecosystem Health" |
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11.10 |
YM Zhou |
Photosynthetic parameters and daily change of photosynthesis in Pinus sylvestriformis during the seventh growing season’ exposure to elevated CO2 concentration |
11.30 |
Mark Adams |
Exotic eucalypts as soil improvers |
11.50 |
J Davidson |
Trends in the establishment of Australia’s plantations assessed from the perspective of vegetation condition states |
12.10 |
Partap Khanna |
Are German forests becoming phosphorus limited? |
12.30 |
Lunch |
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12.30 |
Poster Session C |
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2.30 |
Poster Review |
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3.00 |
Closing Address – Peter Attiwill |
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