MEDPINE 2, Chania, Crete, Sep. 8-13, 2002

Co-organized by the University of Athens, MAICh and the Hellenic Ministry of Agriculture

 

 

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME (updated September 21, 2002)

 

 

 

Πλαίσιο κειμένου: Sunday 8 September

 

 

 

 


18:00-20:00 Registration MEDPINE 2

 

 

 


19:00-21:00 Welcome Reception

 

 

 

Πλαίσιο κειμένου: Monday 9 September

 

 

 

 


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

 

Opening Addresses

 

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)

Theophrastus on Pines

 

 

 

10:40-11:20 Coffee Break

 

Monday 9 September

11:20-13:00 SESSION 1

 

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

 

12:40-13:00

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?

 

 

13:00-14:30 Lunch

 

 

Monday 9 September

14:30-16:30 SESSION 2

 

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)

The hydraulic architecture of Pinaceae

 

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)

Growth dynamic of Pinus halepensis in a rainfall gradient of the region of Valencia (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

 

 

 

16:30-16.55 Coffee Break

 

 

 


16:55 Group Photo

 

 

 

Monday 9 September

17:00-18:40 SESSION 3

 

chair: Ramon Vallejo (Spain) - Filippos Aravanopoulos (Greece)

 

17:00-17:20

T.L. Bell and M.A. Adams

(Forest Science Center - Australia)

Ecophysiology of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Pinus in western 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

 

 

 

Πλαίσιο κειμένου: Tuesday 10 September

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 10 September

9:00-11:00 SESSION 4

 

chair: Vittorio Leone (Italy) - Thekla Tsitsoni (Greece)

 

9:00-9:40 (Review Lecture)

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)

 

 

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

 

 

Tuesday 10 September

11:30-13:10 SESSION 5

 

chair: Melih Boydak (Turkey) - Evangelia Daskalakou (Greece)

 

11:30-11:50

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)

Postfire regeneration of Aleppo pine ecosystems in Sithonia peninsula, north Greece

 

12:30-12:50

T. Neyisci

(Univ. Akdeniz, Antalya - Turkey)

The ecological role of fire for the sound management of Pinus brutia Ten. ecosystems

 

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

 

 

 


13:10-14:30 Lunch

 

 

 


Tuesday 10 September

14:30-16:30

POSTER VIEWING SESSION A

 

 

 

 

 

 


16:30-21:00 Half-Day Excursion

Omalos Plateau – Cypress forests – Prasses vilage (infected

Pinus brutia forest)

 

 

 

Πλαίσιο κειμένου: Wednesday 11 September

 

 

 

 

 


8:30-11:00

Visit to the Archaeological Museum of Chania

 

 

 


11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

 

 

Wednesday 11 September

11:30-13:00 SESSION 6

 

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)

Reforestation with Mediterranean pines: new perspectives for an old practice

 

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

 

 

13:00-14:30 Lunch

 

 

Wednesday 11 September

14:30-16:30 SESSION 7

 

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)

Comparison of the distribution pattern between post-fire seedlings of Pinus halepensis and P. nigra subsp. salzmannii

 

15:50-16:10

M.J. Gras, M. De Luís, J.R. Sánchez, A. Bonet and J. Raventós

(Univ. Alicante - Spain)

Seed establishment of Pinus pinea and Pinus halepensis in a semiarid sand dune ecosystem of Spain

 

 

 


16:30-17:00 Coffee Break

 

 

 

Wednesday 11 September

17:00-18:20 SESSION 8

 

chair: Jose Climent (Spain) - Eric Rigolot (France)

 


17:00-17:40 (Review Lecture)

V. Leone

(Univ. Basilicata - Italy)

Conservation of Mediterranean pine woodlands

 

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

 

 

 

 

Πλαίσιο κειμένου: Thursday 12 September

 

 

 

 


09:00-11:00

POSTER VIEWING SESSION B

 

 

 


11:00-11:30 Coffee Break

 

 

 

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)

Spatiotemporal dynamics of recruitment in Aleppo pine

 

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)

Variation in cone and seed characteristics of Pinus pinaster  Ait. in Algeria

 

12:30-12:40

C. Fournaraki

(Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania - Greece)

The Plant Conservation Unit at MAICh – Herbarium, Seed Bank, Botanical Garden

 

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

 

 


13:30-15:00 Lunch

 

 

Thursday 12 September

15:00-16:30 SESSION 10

 

chair: The International Scientific Board

 

General Discussion

Concluding Comments and Remarks

Venue of next MEDPINE 3

Thanks and goodbyes

 

 

16:30-17:00 Coffee Break

 

 

 

 


17:00-22:00 Chania City Tour

 

 

 

 

Πλαίσιο κειμένου: Friday 13 September

 

 

 

 

 

6:30-21:00 Excursion to the National Park of Samaria Gorge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POSTERS

 

 

 

D. Abdelli, A. Derridj and A. Asmani

(Université Mouloud Mammeri Tizi-Ouzou - Algeria)

Germination of Pinus nigra subsp. mauretanica (Algeria)

 

N. Aksoy

(University of Istanbul - Turkey)

The distribution of Pinus brutia Ten. (Red Pine) and its morphological and floristic structure in upper Menderes river basin (Çivril-Denizli)

 

R. Alejano Monge1 and E. Martínez Montes2

(1Universidad de Huelva, 2Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía - Spain)

Pinus nigra Arn. ssp. salzmannii relict spots in south-eastern Spain

 

R. Alejano Monge1 and E. Martínez Montes2

(1Universidad de Huelva, 2Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía - Spain)

Influential factors on natural regeneration of Pinus nigra Arn. ssp. salzmannii in the Cazorla mountain range (south-eastern Spain)

 

G. Barbera, T. La Mantia, D.S. La Mela Veca, F. Maetzke and G. Garfì

(University of Palermo - Italy)

Overview on the afforestation activity in Sicily in the last 40 years: results and perspectives

 

M.R. Chambel and R. Alia

(Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria - Spain)

Phenotypic plasticity in Mediterranean pines (Pinus pinaster, Pinus halepensis and Pinus nigra)

 

J. Climent, J. Alonso and L. Gil

(ETSI de Montes (UPM) - Spain)

Variation of needle anatomy in Pinus canariensis

 

S. Dominguez-Lerena, I. Carrasco and J.L. Peñuelas

(Centro Nacional de Mejora Forestal “El Serranillo” - Spain)

Nursery and field growth of P. halepensis seedlings fertilised in the nursery with different amounts of N, P and K

 

S. Dominguez-Lerena, N. Herrero, I. Carrasco and J.L. Peñuelas

(Centro Nacional de Mejora Forestal “El Serranillo” - Spain)

Can the container type influence the outplanting performance of Pinus halepensis and Pinus pinea seedlings?

 

S. Dominguez-Lerena1, J. Oliet2, I. Carrasco1 and J.L. Peñuelas1

(1Centro Nacional de Mejora Forestal “El Serranillo”, 2Universidad de Cordoba - Spain)

Nursery and field growth of P. pinea seedlings fertilised in the nursery with different amounts of N, P and K

 

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)

The effects of thinning in seedlings of post-fire Pinus pinaster Ait. regeneration on carbohydrate storage contents

 

M. Fernández Fernández1 and J.M. Salgado Costas2

(1Universidad de Valladolid, 2Universidad de León - Spain)

Recolonization of a Pinus pinaster stand by carabid beetles after a wildfire

 

N. Henig-Sever and G. Ne’eman

(University of Haifa-Oranim - Israel)

The effect of logging on post-fire regeneration of natural Pinus halepensis forest

 

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)

Environment-friendly construction of forest roads in Pinus brutia forests

 

T. La Mantia, G. Garfì, S. Cullotta, S. Pasta and M. Marchetti

(University of Palermo - Italy)

A survey on the effect of fire on the behaviour of autochthonous pines in Sicily, with special reference to the re-colonisation processes performed by Mediterranean species

 

V. Leone, A. Saracino and G. Maiullari

(University of Basilicata - Italy)

Post fire rehabilitation of Pinus halepensis Mill. stands and their treatments: a case study

 

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)

In-situ and ex-situ conservation of an old natural stand of Pinus halepensis in “ha’Masrek” reserve in Israel

 

R. Mercurio

(Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria and Aspromonte National Park - Italy)

Forest dynamics in cluster pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) stands in Tuscany (central Italy)

 

R. Mercurio, G. Modica and G. Spampinato

(Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria and Aspromonte National Park - Italy)

Forest types in Calabrian pine (Pinus laricio Poiret) stands in the Aspromonte national park

 

T. Neyisci

(Akdeniz University - Turkey)

Prescribed burning as a fuel management tool in Pinus brutia Ten. forest ecosystems around Antalya / Turkey

 

A. Noy-Meir, A. Perevolotsky, Y. Noy-Meir and J. Kigel

(Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Volcani Institute – Israel)

Germination of Pinus halepensis in natural habitats

 

H. Öztürk1 and K. Işik2

(1Forest Tree Seeds and Tree Breeding Research Directorate, 2Akdeniz University - Turkey)

Estimated genetic parameters and gain for height from four years old Pinus brutia open pollinated progeny trials

 

O. Reyes and M. Casal

(Universidad de Santiago de Compostela - Spain)

Role of fire on seed dissemination and germination of Pinus pinaster and P. radiata

 

D. Sánchez-Gómez2, F. Valladares2 and M.A. Zavala1

(1Universidad de Alcalá, 2Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, C.S.I.C. - Spain)

Differential survival to drought and shade of two pines and two oaks: linking leaf physiology to whole-plant performance

 

G. Schiller, L. Korol and G. Shklar

(A.R.O., the Volcani Center - Israel)

Within Pinus halepensis Mill. genetic variation as affected by microenvironments

 

S. Sengun S and H. Semerci

(Forest Tree Seeds and Tree Breeding Research Directorate - Turkey)

The effects of top pruning on flower and cone production in a turkish Red Pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) clone park established in Antalya, Turkey

 

I. Spanos1, T. Zagas2, Y. Raftoyannis1, T. Tsitsoni2 and P. Ganatsas2

(1NAGREF, 2Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Greece)

Postfire natural regeneration of Pinus brutia in the forest park of Thessaloniki

 

R. Tapias1, L. Gil2 and J.A. Pardos2

(1Universidad de Huelva, 2Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Spain)

Seed germination in Mediterranean pines

 

R. Tapias1, L. Gil2 and J.A. Pardos2

(1Universidad de Huelva, 2Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Spain)

Life histories in Mediterranean pines

 

T. Tsitsoni, D. Karamanolis and G. Stamatellos

(Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Greece)

Spatial distribution and connection of diameter classes in Pinus halepensis M. stands after wildfire

 

L. Valbuena, L. Calvo, S. Santalla, R. Tárrega and E. De Luis-Calabuig

(University of León - Spain)

Contribution of the seed bank to the regeneration of a community of Pinus pinaster

 

P. Villar-Salvador, S. Domínguez-Lerena and J.L. Peñuelas

(Centro Nacional de Mejora Forestal “El Serranillo” - Spain)

Preplanting water stress, planting depth and weed control affects the early performance of Pinus halepensis plantations