September 18, Tuesday

08:00–08:30

Welcome and Introduction

• President of BJFU

• Prof. ＆ Dr. Xiuhai Zhao

East Wing of the Main Building

08:30–09:00

Group Photograph

In Front of the Main Building

09:00–12:10

Session 1 – Moderator – Dr. Klaus v. Gadow

East Wing of the Main Building

09:00–09:25

Mapping Global Forest Biodiversity, Productivity, and Their Interaction

• Dr. Jingjing Liang, Purdue University, USA

09:25–09:50

Studying the Effect of Forest Management and Climate on Fungal Communities, Diversity and Productivity within a Global Change Framework

• Dr. Sergio de Miguel, Universitat de Lleida, Spain

09:50–10:15

Gains in Minnesota from Spatially-Explicit Collaborative Planning Involving Site and Landscape Level Details

• Dr. Yu Wei, Colorado State University, USA

10:15–10:30

Coffee Break

10:30–10:55

Influence of Browsing and Overstory Retention on American Beech and Sugar Maple Regeneration Nine Years Following Understory Herbicide Release in Central Maine, USA

• Dr. Robert G. Wagner, Purdue University, USA

10:55–11:20

Forest In-situ Measurements from an Aerial Perspective - A Benchmarking Study on the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Mobile and Terrestrial Observations

• Dr. Xinlian Liang, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Finland

11:20–11:45

A Forecast on the Evolution of Planted Forests in Brazil: Balancing Global Markets and Forest Conservation

• Dr. Luiz Rodriguez, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil

11:45–12:10

Largely Underestimated Carbon Emission from Land Use and Cover Change in the Conterminous U.S.

• Dr. Zhen Yu, Iowa State University, USA

12:10–14:10

Lunch

Beijing Xijiao Hotel

14:10–17:20

Session 2 – Moderator – Dr. Jingjing Liang

East Wing of the Main Building

14:10–14:35

Forest Sites/types and Soil Fertility in the Northwest Russia

• Dr. Natalia Lukina, Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences(RAS), Russia

14:35–15:00

Forest Penetration Capability Study of Ku-band Microwave Profiling Radar

• Dr. Yuwei Chen, Finnish Geospatial Research Institute, Finland

15:00–15:25

Forest Dynamics in Coastal Alaska under Climate Change

• Dr. Mo Zhou, Purdue University, USA

15:25–15:40

Coffee Break

15:40–16:05

Determinants of Mortality in a Mixed Broad-leaved Korean pine Forest in Northeastern China

• Dr. Chunyu Fan, Beijing Forestry University, China

16:05–16:30

Forest Permanent Plots Network in India: History, Status and New Initiatives

• Dr. S.C. Gairola, Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), India

16:30–16:55

The Potential of Biomass Utilization and Effect on Carbon Sequestration on the Northern Shaanxi Loess Plateau

• Dr. Weiguo Liu, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, China

16:55–17:20

Discriminating among Three Forest Communities - A Study Based on Mapped Field Plots from Turkey, Mexico and South Africa

• Dr. Klaus v. Gadow, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and Geory-August University in Gottingen, Germany