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Povilas Žemaitis
Lithuania
Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC), Institute of Forestry
Research organisations
hemiboreal forests; resilience; climate adaptation; long-term monitoring; wind disturbance; disturbance interactions; tree mortality; tree growth; post-disturbance recovery; natural regeneration; tree species composition; species shifts
TOPIC 1 – Climate-Resilient Forest Systems
Forest resilience, growth and recovery: long-term evidence from hemiboreal forests
We are interested in joining or co-developing a consortium investigating how disturbances and changing climatic conditions shape forest growth, vulnerability and recovery, with a particular focus on wind disturbance and its interactions with tree health and stand structure.
At the Institute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC), our group study tree growth, mortality and regeneration in unmanaged forest reserves and managed stands. A central question is how tree vitality and growth relate to disturbance susceptibility, and how differential mortality and regeneration drive shifts in tree species composition under changing climatic conditions.
We can contribute long-term permanent-plot data, field monitoring and expertise in growth, forest health, mortality and regeneration analysis. Specific strengths include Norway spruce decline, relationships between decay, radial growth and wind damage, and stand development following wind disturbance and bark beetle outbreaks.
We welcome comparative studies across boreal, hemiboreal and temperate forests, linking field observations with climate data, remote sensing and ecological modelling to explain growth responses, disturbance vulnerability and recovery trajectories. Also interested in how local changes in tree species performance and regeneration relate to broader climate-driven shifts in species ranges
We are interested in joining or co-developing a consortium investigating how disturbances and changing climatic conditions shape forest growth, vulnerability and recovery, with a particular focus on wind disturbance and its interactions with tree health and stand structure.
At the Institute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC), our group study tree growth, mortality and regeneration in unmanaged forest reserves and managed stands. A central question is how tree vitality and growth relate to disturbance susceptibility, and how differential mortality and regeneration drive shifts in tree species composition under changing climatic conditions.
We can contribute long-term permanent-plot data, field monitoring and expertise in growth, forest health, mortality and regeneration analysis. Specific strengths include Norway spruce decline, relationships between decay, radial growth and wind damage, and stand development following wind disturbance and bark beetle outbreaks.
We welcome comparative studies across boreal, hemiboreal and temperate forests, linking field observations with climate data, remote sensing and ecological modelling to explain growth responses, disturbance vulnerability and recovery trajectories. Also interested in how local changes in tree species performance and regeneration relate to broader climate-driven shifts in species ranges
The Institute of Forestry of LAMMC conducts research on forest ecology, silviculture, genetics, forest protection and forest resources. Our contribution through the Department of Silviculture and Ecology centres on forest dynamics, tree growth, health and natural regeneration.
A key asset is a network of permanent sample plots in Lithuanian forest reserves, with repeated measurements spanning several decades. Complementary research includes radial increment analysis, studies of wind-damaged stands and analysis of national forest inventory data. Together, these provide an empirical basis for assessing growth, mortality, recruitment and changes in species composition and stand structure across contrasting forest conditions.
Our main contribution would be long-term field evidence and ecological interpretation of forest growth, wind vulnerability and post-disturbance recovery in the hemiboreal region.
A key asset is a network of permanent sample plots in Lithuanian forest reserves, with repeated measurements spanning several decades. Complementary research includes radial increment analysis, studies of wind-damaged stands and analysis of national forest inventory data. Together, these provide an empirical basis for assessing growth, mortality, recruitment and changes in species composition and stand structure across contrasting forest conditions.
Our main contribution would be long-term field evidence and ecological interpretation of forest growth, wind vulnerability and post-disturbance recovery in the hemiboreal region.