BaltDendro 2023

Programme

Monday,  14 August
18:00 Arrival
20:00 Dinner & Ice-breaker
Tuesday, 15 August
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Opening
  Prof. Ahto Kangur, Estonian University of Life Sciences
  Kristina Sohar, University of Tartu
09:15 Invited speaker: Marcin Klisz
  Upscaling from local to regional scales, new avenues for dendroecological research to assess tree adaptation to the changing climate of the Baltic region
10:00 Alan Crivellaro
  Beyond wood anatomy research
10:20 Roberts Matisons
  How plastic is the eastern Baltic Scots pine?
10:40 Coffee break
11:00 Darius Valūnas
  High resolution environmental imprints in stable carbon isotope tree-ring records
11:20 Kärt Erikson
  Effect of water level change and weather on radial increment of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Lehtmetsa Bog
11:40 Aleksei Potapov
  Modelling tree growth under changing site conditions: forest drainage in peatlands
12:00 Rūtilė Pukienė
  Connection between (intra-)annual raised bog pines increment and meteorological conditions
12:20 Lunch
13:00 Maris Hordo
  Thinning and drought response to tree growth on shelterwood cutting area
13:20 Virkeli Viiberg
  Drought effects on radial growth of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and silver birch (Betula pendula) in pure and mixed stands in Estonia
13:40 Sandra Metslaid
  Climate and drought effects on annual growth variation in Norway spruce provenances
14:00 Toomas Tarmu
  Practicality of sonic tomography (PiCUS 3 Sonic Tomograph) to detect to hidden wood decay in Estonian spruce stands
14:20 Coffee break
14:30 Vineta Vērpēja
  Analysis of yarrow Achillea millefolium and dropwort Filipendula vulgaris growth rings in variously aged meadows
14:50 Alar Läänelaid
  Activities at dendro-lab of the University of Tartu since 2018
15:10 Māris Zunde
  The latest results of dendrochronological dating in Latvia
15:30 Rūtilė Pukienė
  Historical versus dendrochronological dating of the rise of a city: the case of Vilnius
16:00 Departure to Kuressaare
16:30 Excursion in Kuressaare Castle
18:00 Walk in Kuressaare
20:00 Dinner
Wednesday, 16 August
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Roberts Matisons
  Workshop I How can R help in dendrochronology: moving forward and beyond
11:00 Coffee break
11:20 Workshop I continues
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Alan Crivellaro and Aleksei Potapov
  Workshop II Blue rings
16:00 Coffee break
16:20 Workshop II continues
19:00 Dinner
20:00 Free time
Thursday, 17 August
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Excursion
14:00 Lunch in Lümanda
14:45 Excursion
19:00 Final dinner and closing words
Friday, 18 August
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 Departure