Natural and human-assisted adaptation of forests to climatic constraints: the relevance of interdisciplinary approaches

Convenors :

• Dr. Alejandro MARTINEZ-MEIER,
  on leave from INTA, EEA Bariloche, Patagonía, Argentina, in residence at INRA - UR0588 (Unité d´Amélioration Génétique et Physiologie Forestières), Orléans - France.
• Dr. Philippe ROZENBERG, Research Director
  INRA, Val de Loire  - UR0588 (Unité d´Amélioration Génétique et Physiologie Forestières, Orléans – France.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Sabine Rosner, BOKU university of Vienna
• Guillermina Dalla-Salda, INTA
• Sally Aitken, University of British Columbia
• Ute Sass-Klaassen, University of Wageningen
• Martin Weih, Umeo university
• Martin De Luis, University of Zaragoza
• Alejandro Martinez-Meier, INTA
• Patrick Fonti, WSL
• Sylvie Oddou-Muratorio, INRA
• Antoine Kremer, INRA
• Michel Vennetier, IRSTEA
• Sylvain Delzon, INRA

Topics:

• Adaptation to water availability
• Dendroecological response to climatic constraints
• Ecophysiological response to climatic constraints
• The individual (plastic) and population (genetic) response to climatic constraints
• Tree breeding and silviculture for adaptation to climatic constraints
• Natural and human-assisted strategies for adaptation to climate change.