Mixed and Pure Forests in a Changing World 2010 is an IUFRO conference devoted to various aspects of research on forests (pure and mixed) in a context of global changes, mainly related to climate. Being Portugal located in the Mediterranean region, one of the most affected by these global phenomena, sharing information will be essential for an efficient understanding and answering actual and future challenges. Forested areas are increasingly important in a context of the Kyoto protocol as they constitute one of the most important natural carbon sinks. Additionally traditional approaches of forest management are not so linear and universally accepted for mixed stands. This kind of forest is still unknown in several of its aspects even if so ecologically important. Emerging and future areas of research will be identified. This conference aims at bringing together experts from the various sub-disciplines to share current research and create an interdisciplinary forum for discussion that will include not only the Iberian scientific community, but also experts from other European countries, and from all the world.

Call for Papers

Dear conference participant,

As reported during the IUFRO Conference “Mixed and Pure Forests in a Changing World”, held in Vila Real, Portugal, between the 6th and the 8th October 2010, we are preparing a special issue of the “Forest Systems” Journal. We are now happy to announce that the submission for this special issue is open.

If you want to submit your work to this special issue you must follow the instructions below.

Instructions for submission:

1. The Journal web sites are:

http://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/IA/index

http://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/IA/about

2. The Journal guidelines and the online submission process are at:

http://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/IA/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

3. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for inclusion into the special issue, start the name of your paper as: VReal_IUFRO (and only after that write the title you want).

The deadline for submission of manuscripts is November 30, 2010.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us directly to Domingos Lopes ( Este endereço de e-mail está protegido de spam bots, pelo que necessita do Javascript activado para o visualizar ) or Margarida Tomé ( Este endereço de e-mail está protegido de spam bots, pelo que necessita do Javascript activado para o visualizar ). If you need to contact us please use always the subject: VReal_IUFRO.

Sincerely,

Margarida Tomé

Domingos Lopes