SibFU professor to speak at the University of Barselona

Professor Vladimir Shishov, head of department of quantitative approaches and information technologies at the Institute of Trade and Economics, SibFU, will speak at the Faculty of Biology, University of Barselona (Spain). Professor Shishov will speak about simulating tree growth.

The seminar is supported by Erasmus Mundus and Eranet Plus programmes.

Professor Shishov will speak about simulating tree growth. The seminar will last for 3 days and the programme includes lectures on the foundations of simulation models in dendroecology. There will be laboratory classes on applying models in various parts of Europe and Asia.

emgutierrez@ub.edu

The seminar's reading list:

E. Vaganov, M. Hughes, A. Shashkin. 2006. Growth Dynamics of Conifer Tree Rings: Images of Past and Future. Ecological studies 183: Springer. — 2006. — 368 p.;
R. Touchan, V. Shishov, D. Meko, I. Nouiri, A. Grachev. 2012. Process Based Model Sheds Light on Climate Signal of Mediterranean tree-ring width. Biogeosceinces. 9, 965–972. doi:10.5194/bg-9-965-2012;
M. Evans, B. Reichert, A. Kaplan, K. Anchukaitis, E. Vaganov, M. Hughes, M. Cane. 2006. A forward modeling approach to paleoclimatic interpretation of tree‐ring data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. V. 111. Issue G3;
K. Anchukaitis, M. Evans, A. Kaplan, E. Vaganov, M. Hughes, H. Grissino-Mayer, M. Cane. 2006. Forward modeling of regional scale tree-ring patterns in the southeastern United States and the recent influence of summer drought, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L04705, doi: 10.1029/2005GL025050.

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