SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME (updated September 21, 2002)
18:00-20:00 Registration MEDPINE 2
19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception
09:00-09:30 Registration MEDPINE 2
Monday
9 September
09:30-10:30 OFFICIAL OPENING
Chair: The International Scientific Board
Alkinoos Nikolaidis
(Director,
Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania)
Welcome address
Prof. Michalis Dermitzakis
(Vice Rector, University of Athens, Athens,
Greece)
Official Opening of the Conference
10:00-10:30 (Introductory Lecture)
G. Hadjikyriakou1 and C.A. Thanos2
(1Forestry Service of Cyprus, 2Univ. Athens - Greece)
Monday
9 September
chair: Margarita Arianoutsou (Greece) –
Gabriel Schiller (Israel)
11:20-12:00 (Review Lecture)
K.P. Panetsos
(Univ.
Thessaloniki - Greece)
Natural and
artificial hybridization between Pinus brutia X Pinus halepensis.
Consequences for conservation and tree breeding
12:00-12:20
F.A. Aravanopoulos, K.P. Panetsos and A. Skaltsoyiannes
(Univ.
Thessaloniki - Greece)
Genetic structure of Pinus brutia stands
exposed to wildfires
12:20-12:40
K. Işik1, S. Keskin2,
F. Işik2,3 and Y. Cengiz2
(1Akdeniz University, 2Southwest Anatolia Forest Research Institute
- Turkey 3North Carolina State
University - USA)
Clonal variation of flower production in a Pinus
brutia seed orchard
P.V. Petrakis1, V. Roussis2 and A.H. Ortiz3
(1NAGREF - Greece, 2Univ.
Athens - Greece, 3Univ. Jaen - Spain)
Is hybridization of Mediterranean pines an escape strategy
from insects in evolutionary time?
Monday
9 September
chair: Gidi Ne'eman (Israel) - Maria Doussi
(Greece)
14:30-14:50
J. Martínez-Vilalta1, A. Sala2 and J. Piñol1
(1CREAF/ Universitat
Autònoma de Barcelona - Spain, 2University of Montana - USA)
14:50-15:10
G. Schiller and N. Atzmon
(ARO, The Volcani Center - Israel)
Ecophysiological properties of Aleppo pine provenances
under severe drought
15:10-15:30
Teobaldelli M.1, Mencuccini M.2, Piussi P.1
(1Florence University, Italy; 2I.E.R.M,
Edinburgh University, UK)
Water table salinity, rainfall and water use by
umbrella pine trees (Pinus pinea L.)
15:30-15:50
M. De Luís1, J. Raventós1, J.C.
González-Hidalgo2 and M.J. Gras1
(1Univ. Alicante, 2Univ. Zaragoza - Spain)
15:50-16:10
J. Raventós1, M. De Luís1, M.J. Gras1,
K. Čufar2, J.C. González-Hidalgo3, A. Bonet1
and J.R. Sánchez1
(1Univ. Alicante - Spain, 2Univ.
Ljubljana - Slovenia, 3Univ. Zaragoza - Spain)
Growth anomalies on Pinus pinea and Pinus
halepensis corresponding to dryness and marine spray episodes
16:10-16:30
J.C. González-Hidalgo1, J. Raventós2 and M. De
Luís2
(1Univ.
Zaragoza, 2Univ. Alicante - Spain)
Relationship between NAO teleconnection pattern and P. halepensis growth in western Mediterranean basin
16:55 Group Photo
Monday
9 September
chair: Ramon Vallejo (Spain) - Filippos Aravanopoulos (Greece)
17:00-17:20
T.L. Bell and M.A. Adams
(Forest Science Center - Australia)
17:20-17:40
M. Tsakaldimi
(Univ. Thessaloniki
- Greece)
Effect of growing media on biomass accumulation
and nutrient concentrations of containerized Pinus halepensis seedlings
17:40-18:00
P. Villar-Salvador, S. Domínguez-Lerena, J.L.
Peñuelas and Inmaculada Carrasco
(Centro Nacional de Mejora Forestal “El
Serranillo” - Spain)
Plant morphology and outplanting performance
relationships in Mediterranean Pinus species
18:00-18:20
F. Iovino1, G. Menguzzato2 and A. Nicolaci2
(1Università
della Calabria, 2Università di Reggio Calabria -
Italy)
Structural analysis of the Calabrian
pine forests in Sila mountains (southern Italy)
18:20-18:40
J. Climent and L. Gil
(ETSI de Montes (UPM) - Spain)
Life history of Canary Islands pine (Pinus
canariensis Chr. Sm.) in its natural range of distribution
Tuesday
10 September
chair: Vittorio Leone (Italy) - Thekla Tsitsoni (Greece)
M. Arianoutsou
(Univ. Athens - Greece)
Ecological indicators
of post-fire resilience in Pinus
halepensis forests
9:40-10:00
D. Kazanis and M. Arianoutsou
(Univ. Athens - Greece)
Long-term post-fire vegetation dynamics in Pinus halepensis
forests of central Greece: a functional-group approach
10:00-10:20
E.N. Daskalakou and C.A. Thanos
(Univ. Athens - Greece)
Postfire regeneration of Aleppo pine
– seedling emergence temporal patterns
10:20-10:40
Eric Rigolot
(INRA - France)
Predicting postfire mortality of Pinus
halepensis and Pinus pinea
10:40-11:00
C.A. Thanos, E.N. Daskalakou, A. Skordilis, P. Panayiotopoulos
and M.A. Doussi
(Univ. Athens - Greece)
Dynamics of growth and reproduction in postfire regenerating Aleppo
pines (Mt Parnes, 1989-2002)
Tuesday
10 September
chair: Melih Boydak (Turkey) - Evangelia Daskalakou (Greece)
G. Ne'eman and S. Goubitz
(Univ. Haifa-Oranim - Israel)
Reproductive traits
of Pinus halepensis in the light
of fire
11:50-12:10
M.A. Doussi and C.A.
Thanos
(Univ. Athens
- Greece)
The mechanism of cone opening in Pinus
halepensis and P. brutia – morphology and physiology
12:10-12:30
T. Zagas, P. Ganatsas, T. Tsitsoni and A. Hatzistathis
(Univ. Thessaloniki - Greece)
T. Neyisci
(Univ. Akdeniz, Antalya -
Turkey)
12:50-13:10
T. Tsitsoni, T. Zagas and P. Ganatsas
(Univ. Thessaloniki - Greece)
Dynamics of postfire regeneration of Pinus
brutia in periurban forest of Thessaloniki, north Greece
Tuesday
10 September
16:30-21:00 Half-Day Excursion
Omalos Plateau – Cypress forests – Prasses
vilage (infected
Pinus brutia forest)
8:30-11:00
Wednesday
11 September
chair: George Hadjikyriakou (Cyprus) - Ioannis Spanos (Greece)
11:30-12:10 (Review
Lecture)
R. Vallejo1, A. Valdecantos1, F. Maestre2,
C. Bladé1, S. Bautista1, and J. Cortina2
(1CEAM, Parque Tecnologico, Paterna, 2Dep.
Ecologia, Univ. Alacant – Spain)
12:10-12:30
O. Ciancio1, V. Garfì2 and
S. Nocentini1
(1Università di Firenze, 2Università di
Reggio Calabria - Italy)
Huffel’s
“Fûtaie Claire”: a silvicultural and management system for stone pine (Pinus
pinea L.) woods
12:30-12:50
P.P. Ganatsas, T.K. Tsitsoni and T.D. Zagas
(Univ. Thessaloniki - Greece)
Restoration of degraded ecosystems in the
association of Cocciferetum using Mediterranean conifers
Wednesday
11 September
chair: Tina L. Bell (Australia) - Theocharis Zagas (Greece)
14:30-14:50
Melih Boydak
(Univ. Istanbul -
Turkey)
Variations, silvicultural characteristics and natural regeneration of Pinus brutia Ten.
14:50-15:10
Ç. Tavşanoğlu, B.Y. Kaynaş and B. Gürkan
(Univ. Hacettepe,
Ankara - Turkey)
Early postfire regeneration of a Pinus
brutia forest in Marmaris National Park, Turkey
15:10-15:30
I. Spanos and Y. Raftoyannis
(Forest Research Institute,
Thessaloniki - Greece)
Postfire management activities and their
effects on Pinus brutia - P. halepensis forests
15:30-15:50
L. Trabaud
(Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS - France)
15:50-16:10
M.J. Gras, M. De Luís, J.R. Sánchez, A. Bonet
and J. Raventós
(Univ. Alicante - Spain)
Wednesday
11 September
chair: Jose Climent (Spain) - Eric Rigolot (France)
V. Leone
(Univ. Basilicata - Italy)
17:40-18:00
A. Perevolotsky
(Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Jerusalem
& Dept. of Natural Resources, Agr. Res. Org.-Volcani Center - Israel)
Conservation and management of Pinus
halepensis in Israel: an ecological basis for a national program
18:00-18:20
M.A. Zavala
(Univ. Alcalá
- Spain)
Pattern and process in Iberian mixed pine-oak forests:
insights on coexistence mechanisms of Mediterranean plant communities
21:00 Gala Dinner
09:00-11:00
Thursday
12 September
11:30-13:30 COMMON SESSION
MEDPINE 2 & TREE SEEDS 2002
Chair: Louis Trabaud (France) - Haroula Kargiolaki (Greece)
11:30-12:10 (MEDPINE 2 – Review
Lecture)
R. Nathan
(Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Israel)
12:10-12:30 (MEDPINE 2)
F. Krouchi1, K. Tahir1,
R. Aba1, A. Raffin2 and M. Rezzig3
(1Université M. Mammeri de Tizi-ouzou -
Algeria, 2INRA - France, 3Institut National de recherche
forestière - Algeria)
12:30-12:40
C. Fournaraki
12:40-12:50
K. Thompson
(Treasurer of ISSS / University of Sheffield -
UK)
A brief presentation of the International
Society for Seed Science (ISSS)
12:50-13:20
Manolis Bouzakis
(Civil Protection Service,
Prefecture of Hania)
Hania – the place, the history, the people
Thursday
12 September
chair: The International Scientific Board
Concluding Comments and Remarks
Venue of next MEDPINE 3
Thanks and goodbyes
17:00-22:00 Chania City Tour
6:30-21:00 Excursion to the National Park of
Samaria Gorge
D. Abdelli, A. Derridj and A. Asmani
(Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi-Ouzou - Algeria)
N. Aksoy
(University of Istanbul - Turkey)
R. Alejano Monge1 and E. Martínez Montes2
(1Universidad de Huelva, 2Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta
de Andalucía -
Spain)
R. Alejano Monge1 and E. Martínez Montes2
(1Universidad de Huelva, 2Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta
de Andalucía -
Spain)
G. Barbera, T. La Mantia, D.S. La Mela Veca,
F. Maetzke and G. Garfì
(University of Palermo - Italy)
M.R. Chambel and R. Alia
(Instituto Nacional
de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria - Spain)
J. Climent, J. Alonso and L. Gil
(ETSI de Montes (UPM) - Spain)
S. Dominguez-Lerena, I. Carrasco and J.L. Peñuelas
(Centro Nacional de Mejora Forestal “El
Serranillo” - Spain)
S. Dominguez-Lerena, N. Herrero, I. Carrasco and J.L.
Peñuelas
(Centro Nacional de Mejora Forestal “El
Serranillo” - Spain)
S. Dominguez-Lerena1, J. Oliet2, I. Carrasco1
and J.L. Peñuelas1
(1Centro Nacional de Mejora Forestal
“El Serranillo”, 2Universidad de Cordoba - Spain)
M.V. Durán-Carril, J.A. Vega1, P.
Pérez-Gorostiaga, T. Fonturbel, P. Cuiñas and M. Alonso
(1Centro de Investigaciones Forestales y
Ambientales-Lourizan, Pontevedra – Spain)
M. Fernández Fernández1 and J.M. Salgado Costas2
(1Universidad de Valladolid, 2Universidad de
León - Spain)
N. Henig-Sever and G. Ne’eman
(University of
Haifa-Oranim - Israel)
Y. Icgen1,2, B. Cengel1,2, E. Velioglu1, H. Ozturk1
and Z. Kaya2
(1Forest Tree Seeds and Tree Breeding
Research Directorate, 2Middle East Technical University - Turkey)
Comparison of rapid variation between Pinus
brutia Ten. seed stands and plantations from Turkey
K. Karagiannis
(Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Greece)
T. La Mantia, G. Garfì, S.
Cullotta, S. Pasta and M. Marchetti
(University of Palermo - Italy)
V. Leone, A. Saracino and G. Maiullari
(University of Basilicata - Italy)
A. Madmony1, D. Brand2, Z. Kuller3,
L. Korol1, A. Zehavi2, Y. Moshe1, A. Eizenband2
and S. Lev-Yadun4
(1A.R.O., the Volcani Center, 2Jewish
National Fund, 3Nature and Parks Authority, 4University
of Haifa - Israel)
R. Mercurio
(Mediterranean University of Reggio
Calabria and Aspromonte National Park - Italy)
R. Mercurio, G. Modica and G. Spampinato
(Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria
and Aspromonte National Park - Italy)
T. Neyisci
(Akdeniz University - Turkey)
A. Noy-Meir, A. Perevolotsky, Y. Noy-Meir and J. Kigel
(Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Volcani
Institute – Israel)
H.
Öztürk1 and K. Işik2
(1Forest Tree Seeds and Tree Breeding Research Directorate, 2Akdeniz University - Turkey)
O. Reyes and M. Casal
(Universidad de Santiago de Compostela - Spain)
D. Sánchez-Gómez2,
F. Valladares2 and M.A. Zavala1
(1Universidad
de Alcalá, 2Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, C.S.I.C. - Spain)
G. Schiller, L. Korol and G. Shklar
(A.R.O., the Volcani Center - Israel)
S. Sengun S and H. Semerci
(Forest Tree Seeds and Tree Breeding Research
Directorate - Turkey)
I. Spanos1, T. Zagas2, Y. Raftoyannis1,
T. Tsitsoni2 and P. Ganatsas2
(1NAGREF, 2Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki - Greece)
R. Tapias1, L. Gil2 and J.A. Pardos2
(1Universidad de Huelva, 2Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid - Spain)
R. Tapias1, L. Gil2 and J.A. Pardos2
(1Universidad de Huelva, 2Universidad
Politécnica de Madrid - Spain)
T. Tsitsoni, D. Karamanolis and G. Stamatellos
(Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Greece)
L. Valbuena, L. Calvo, S. Santalla, R. Tárrega and E.
De Luis-Calabuig
(University of
León - Spain)
P. Villar-Salvador, S. Domínguez-Lerena and J.L.
Peñuelas
(Centro Nacional de Mejora Forestal “El
Serranillo” - Spain)