Forests

Prof. Dr. Stelian Alexandru Borz

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Department of Forest Engineering, Forest Management Planning and Terrestrial Measurements, Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov, Şirul Beethoven 1, 500123 Brasov, Romania
Interests: wood and biomass supply chain optimization; sensor technology; transport optimization; forest planning
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Dr. Kevin Boston

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Forestry and Wildland Sciences, Cal Poly Humboldt, 1 Harpst Street, Arcata, CA 9552, USA
Interests: forest management; forest transportation; logging management
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Dr. Richard D. Bowden

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Environmental Science & Sustainability, Allegheny College, 520 N. Main St., Meadville, PA 16335, USA
Interests: global environmental change; forest ecology and management; ecotourism

Dr. Matteo Bracalini

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Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Science and Technology (DAGRI), Plant Pathology and Entomology Section, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Interests: forest entomology; alien pests; bark beetles; integrated pest management; molecular diagnostics; pests of urban forests; endangered insects; insect–pathogen interactions
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Prof. Dr. Robert Bradley

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Département de Biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Interests: soil biodiversity; plant-soil interactions; ecological succession; agroforestry; greenhouse gases; carbon and nitrogen cycling; soil biology and biochemistry
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Dr. Manuela Branco

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Forest Research Center (CEF), University of Lisbon, P-1349017 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: forest entomology; insect population ecology

Dr. Felipe Bravo

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Sustainable Forest Management Research Institute, University of Valladolid & INIA, Av. Madrid 44, 34004 Palencia, Spain
Interests: environment sustainability; ecology and evolution ecology; climate change; ecosystem ecology; natural resource management; environmental management; plant ecology; biodiversity

Dr. Jeremy Todd Brawner

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Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Interests: quantitative genetics; disease resistance; forest and tree crop diseases

Dr. Eben N. Broadbent

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Spatial Ecology and Conservation Lab, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32603, USA
Interests: remote sensing; forest ecology; conservation biology; airborne sensors; GatorEye; landscape simulation models; ecosystem and canopy ecology
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Prof. Dr. Guntis Brūmelis

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Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia, Jelgavas iela 1, LV1004 Riga, Latvia
Interests: forest ecology; conservation; biological diversity; ecological restoration

Dr. Michele Brunetti

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CNR IBE, Institute of Bioeconomy, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Interests: wood science; wood-based products; mechanical testing; physical testing; wood properties; wood quality; visual and machine timber grading; diagnosis of timber structures; model forest network
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Dr. Giorgio Brunialti

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TerraData Environmentrics, Spin Off Company of the University of Siena, Via Bardelloni 19, 58025 Monterotondo Marittimo, GR, Italy
Interests: environmental monitoring and indicator species; standardization of biomonitoring methods; quality assurance procedures in environmental monitoring; biodiversity and sustainable forest management; lichen diversity
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Dr. David James Bush

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CSIRO Australian Tree Seed Centre, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Interests: forest genetic resource management; genetic conservation; domestication and tree breeding strategies; inbreeding; seed production; tree crops for bioenergy
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Dr. Brett J. Butler

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United States Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9285, USA
Interests: forest certification; family forest ownership; forest management; land tenure; bioenergy; carbon sequestration; wood supply; taxation

Prof. Dr. Milton Cesar Costa Campos

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Postgraduate Program in Soil Science, Department of Soil and Rural Engineering, Center of Agrarian Sciences, Federal University of Paraiba, Areia 58397-000, PB, Brazil
Interests: tropical soils; forestry soils; forest ecology; soil genesis and morphology; soil mineralogy and soil-landscape relationship
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Dr. Zeki Candan

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1. Biomaterials and Nanotechnology Research Group & BioNanoTeam, 34473 Istanbul, Türkiye
2. Turkish Academy of Sciences, 06670 Ankara, Türkiye
3. Department of Forest Products Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, Istanbul University Cerrahpasa, 34473 Istanbul, Türkiye
Interests: sustainable materials; green materials; nanomaterials/nanocomposites; lignocellulosic biomaterials (nanocellulose, nanolignin); thermal analysis (DMTA/TMA, TGA, DSC); renewable energy (biomass energy, pellets, and briquettes); industry 4.0
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Prof. Dr. John E. Carlson

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Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Interests: genomics; gene expression; population genetics; endangered species
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Prof. Dr. Sónia Maria Carvalho-Ribeiro

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Programa de Pós-Graduação em Análise e Modelagem de Sistemas Ambientais, Departamento de Cartografia, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6.627, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, MG, Brazil
Interests: landscape ecology; forest science; sustainable development; cultural ecosystem services; forest community dynamics

Dr. Eric Casella

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Centre for Sustainable Forestry and Climate Change, Forest Research Agency, Farnham GU10 4LH, UK
Interests: monitoring and modelling of forest ecosystems; productivity and global change; applications of remote sensing to forest inventories; 3D and 4D functional-structural plant models

Dr. Rachid Cheddadi

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Institute of Evolutionary Sciences (ISEM), University of Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
Interests: microrefugia; past climate impacts; species migration; niche changes; conservation
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Prof. Dr. Gang Chen

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Laboratory for Remote Sensing and Environmental Change, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28277, USA
Interests: remote sensing; forest disturbances; GEOBIA; spatial ecology
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Dr. Shengbin Chen

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College of Ecology and Environment, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China
Interests: biodiversity and conservation; ecosystem degradation and restoration; ecological planning
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Prof. Dr. Xi Chen

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1. Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin 300072, China
2. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Earth Critical Zone Science and Sustainable Development in Bohai Rim, Tianjin University, Weijin Road 92, Tianjin 300072, China
Interests: ecohydrology; climate change; modeling and prediction; watershed management

Dr. Zhangjing Chen

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Department of Sustainable Biomaterials, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA
Interests: wood drying; wood vacuum drying; vacuum/steam phytosanitation; life cycle analysis of biomaterials; forest products

Dr. Steve Chhin

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Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, West Virginia University, 322 Percival Hall, 1145 Evansdale Dr, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Interests: quantitative forest management; climate change; forest health; dendrochronology; silviculture
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Dr. Milvia Chicca

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Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
Interests: forest habitats; plant physiology; forest ecology

Prof. Dr. Gherardo Chirici

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GeoLAB—Laboratorio di Geomatica Forestale, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Agrarie, Alimentari, Ambientali e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via San Bonaventura 13, 50145 Firenze, Italy
Interests: application of geomatics to forestry; remote sensing; forest inventories and monitoring; sustainable forest management; land planning; landscape ecology; biodiversity; forest fires and climate change; bio-geo-chemical models; decision support systems; forest ecology
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Dr. Won Il Choi

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National Institute of Forest Science, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Interests: climate change; entomology; ecological modeling; forest pests; population dynamics
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Dr. André Luis Christoforo

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Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos 13565-905, Brazil
Interests: numerical modeling; experimental campaign; wood; wood composite systems; engineered wood products; statistical modeling
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Dr. Mariusz Ciesielski

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Department of Geomatics, Forest Research Institute, Sękocin Stary, Braci Leśnej 3, 05-090 Raszyn, Poland
Interests: urban forestry; remote sensing; ecosystem services; urban planning; spatial planning; trees
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