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FOREST BIOLOGY, ECOLOGY and TECHNOLOGY

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Periods
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2025
Research activity

Code Science Field Subfield
4.01.00  Biotechnical sciences  Forestry, wood and paper technology   
1.08.00  Natural sciences and mathematics  Control and care of the environment   

Code Science Field
B430  Biomedical sciences  Sylviculture, forestry, forestry technology 

Code Science Field
4.01  Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences  Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 
1.05  Natural Sciences  Earth and related Environmental sciences 
Keywords
climate changes, biodiversity, vegetation, soil, wildlife, forest genetics & physiology, forest genetic resources, mycorhizosphere, forest pathology, zoology, wood anatomy, dendrochronology, silviculture, techniques & economics, forest management, planning, monitoring, ecosystem services, modeling
Evaluation (rules)
source: COBISS
Points
18,941.12
A''
2,577.06
A'
10,239.61
A1/2
12,153.75
CI10
21,546
CImax
2,278
h10
65
A1
67.16
A3
92.77
Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on March 20, 2023; A3 for period 2017-2021
Data for ARRS tenders ( 04.04.2019 – Programme tender , archive )
Citations Citations for bibliographic records in COBIB.SI that are linked to records in citation databases
source: WoS source: Scopus source: COBISS
Database Linked records Citations Pure citations Average pure citations
WoS  940  24,500  21,772  23.16 
Scopus  969  26,826  23,986  24.75 
Researchers (57)
no. Code Name and surname Research area Role Period No. of publications
1.  55752  Pia Caroline Adamič  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Junior researcher  2021 - 2023  3 
2.  53316  PhD Giulia Annovi  Control and care of the environment  Researcher  2020  17 
3.  51924  Domen Arnič  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Junior researcher  2020 - 2021  48 
4.  29875  Marko Bajc  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Technician  2020 - 2023  273 
5.  51355  Tjaša Baloh  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2022 - 2023  29 
6.  14869  PhD Gregor Božič  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  494 
7.  50519  PhD Ana Brglez  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  81 
8.  51497  PhD Reinhart Ceulemans  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2021  63 
9.  15493  PhD Matjaž Čater  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  287 
10.  52663  Rok Damjanić    Technician  2022 - 2023  130 
11.  28856  PhD Gabrielle I. Deckmyn  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  48 
12.  29092  PhD Maarten De Groot  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  610 
13.  55403  PhD Matteo De March  Biotechnology  Researcher  2021  31 
14.  32943  PhD Ario de Marco  Chemistry  Researcher  2020 - 2021  224 
15.  54824  Claudia D Ercole  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Junior researcher  2020 - 2023  0 
16.  32514  Zina Devetak  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2022 - 2023  370 
17.  29164  PhD Mitja Ferlan  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  209 
18.  15492  PhD Andreja Ferreira  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  194 
19.  35362  PhD Katarina Flajšman  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  170 
20.  21242  PhD Tine Grebenc  Plant production  Researcher  2020 - 2023  457 
21.  22609  PhD Jožica Gričar  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2021  502 
22.  29633  PhD Polona Hafner  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  151 
23.  28855  Melita Hrenko    Technician  2020 - 2023  0 
24.  28537  PhD Anže Japelj  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  147 
25.  39600  PhD Jernej Jevšenak  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  88 
26.  33222  PhD Andreja Kavčič  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  1,030 
27.  52664  MSc Katja Kavčič Sonnenschein  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2022 - 2023  33 
28.  39085  PhD Janez Kermavnar  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  106 
29.  16067  PhD Andrej Kobler  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  284 
30.  05093  PhD Marko Kovač  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  351 
31.  07127  PhD Hojka Kraigher  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Principal Researcher  2020 - 2023  1,299 
32.  53233  PhD Luka Krajnc  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2021  69 
33.  17034  PhD Nike Krajnc  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  921 
34.  19721  PhD Gal Kušar  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  155 
35.  15108  PhD Lado Kutnar  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  770 
36.  11595  PhD Tomislav Levanič  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  597 
37.  29237  PhD Boštjan Mali  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  174 
38.  20842  PhD Aleksander Marinšek  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  357 
39.  37938  PhD Tijana Martinović  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Technician  2022 - 2023  30 
40.  24268  PhD Tanja Mrak  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  118 
41.  23448  PhD Nikica Ogris  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  1,094 
42.  54863  PhD Sandra Folarin Oloketuyi  Chemistry  Researcher  2021  21 
43.  56345  PhD Christina Paparokidou  Biochemistry and molecular biology  Researcher  2022 - 2023  8 
44.  52108  Anže Martin Pintar  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Technician  2020 - 2023  48 
45.  25448  PhD Barbara Piškur  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  824 
46.  54721  Kaja Plevnik  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Junior researcher  2020 - 2023  9 
47.  18112  PhD Boštjan Pokorny  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  852 
48.  29428  PhD Peter Prislan  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2021  307 
49.  39986  PhD Jaša Saražin  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2022 - 2023  62 
50.  28590  PhD Mitja Skudnik  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  328 
51.  31877  PhD Nataša Šibanc  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  73 
52.  38188  PhD Tina Unuk Nahberger  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  42 
53.  22592  PhD Urša Vilhar  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  401 
54.  31120  PhD Grega Ernest Voglar  Control and care of the environment  Researcher  2020  38 
55.  24343  PhD Marjana Westergren  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2023  387 
56.  28401  PhD Peter Železnik  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Researcher  2020 - 2021  181 
57.  21137  Daniel Žlindra  Forestry, wood and paper technology  Technician  2020 - 2023  160 
Organisations (2)
no. Code Research organisation City Registration number No. of publications
1.  0404  Slovenian Forestry Institute  Ljubljana  5051673000  10,961 
2.  1540  University of Nova Gorica  Nova Gorica  5920884000  13,006 
Abstract
The Research Programme Forest Ecology, Biology and Technology (RP FBET) in cooperation with other complementary national and international programmes and institutions focuses on forest ecosystems as core areas of the biodiversity hotbelt in European terrestrial ecosystems. Forests are the key to biodiversity conservation, carbon storage, provision of renewable raw materials, air and ground water quality and consequently human and animal health. As the main renewable resource and considering the large-scale disturbances and climate change consequences the need for research and professional based support for future forests is growing. RP FBET builds on supporting excellent science, to study and support utilization, and to conserve dynamic and rich, yet vulnerable forests facing accelerated threats and challenges. It combines research efforts within six working groups with a modular organization. Each module (WG) will use sets of routine approaches combined with highly specialised and cutting-edge techniques. WG1 will focus on long-term studies detecting causes - effect relationships between environmental factors and functional characteristics of plant and animal species, focusing on the flow of carbon, greenhouse gasses, nutrients and water and the impact of anthropogenic pollutants. Studies are in connection with WG2 where adaptation of forest ecosystems in response to threats and challenges will be studied in a multifaceted approach. Methods for functional genomics, epigenomics and the study of complex biological systems (community genomics, metagenomics) including adaptive genetic diversity studies, in above- and below-ground parts of the forest ecosystem will be developed and applied. Specific approaches will be used in WG3 to understand mechanisms, underlying the relationships among harmful organisms and their hosts as a drive to undertake actions or to manage the forests in a way to reduce the possible damages of changing climatic conditions and globalization. Using dendrochronology and ecophysiological studies in WP4 will contribute to understanding of tree response to changing environment in interaction with silvicultural practises and seek for solutions to increase resistance/resilience of forests and wood quality under stress conditions. WP5 will develop indicators for monitoring sustainable management of forest ecosystems and ecosystem services, while WP6 will evaluate the transition of forest and wood-based sector in Slovenia into sustainable bioeconomy, tailor the business models for forest contractors and increase the sustainable utilization of wood to generate higher long-term added value and stability of forests.
Significance for science
Climate change, associated extreme weather events, outbreaks of forest-tree diseases and harmful organisms and activities for its mitigation and adaptation to support forest growth within their present areas, biodiversity and ecosystem services has been part of the research programme (RP) in the last 6-years period, and continues to be its primary goal in the next period. Achieving these goals is possible only through a multi-faceted approach covering all parts of the forest ecosystem, using modern research equipment and the continuous development of methodologies, including advanced statistical methods. RP also contributes to many international and national research projects in all fields of forest science and technology. The accuracy of simulations of processes and trends, as well as the detection of cause-effect relationships between environmental factors and the functional characteristics of plant and animal species can only be provided by long-term studies and data collection focusing on the flow of carbon, nutrients and water and the impact of anthropogenic pollutants. We contribute to the knowledge of the impacts of ecological conditions on sites, forest management and extreme weather events on biotic diversity at different levels from individual specimen, species, population, forest stand, habitat type and landscape, and related ecosystem services. The ability of forests to cope with changing environment depends on the adaptive potential - the genetic diversity of forest trees and related organisms. We will develop methods for the structural characterization of populations, genomes, genes, mRNAs in different environmental conditions and development stages, the analysis of epigenetic modifications, complex biological systems (communities, e.g. microbial communities in soil) and adaptive genetic diversity in above- and belowground parts of the forest ecosystem. We will continue with the development of forest genetic monitoring, which was designed within the Lifegenmon project (LIFE). Due to globalization, alien harmful organisms are becoming one of the main problems in our forests. Due to global changes and associated extreme weather events resulting in reduced resistance of forest trees, indigenous populations of fungi and insects pose an increasing problem, too. By investigating the mechanisms underlying the relationships among harmful organisms and their hosts and the development of methods for detection, identification, control, monitoring and eradication, we help prevent or reduce the spread of harmful/invasive organisms, economic damage and negative effects on the biodiversity of our forests. With reconstructions of the past climatic conditions and associated responses of the selected tree species, more detailed simulations of the development of forests and the response of individual tree species in the future will be possible. To achieve this, we will focus on use of a wide range of tree growth rings properties, carbon and oxygen stable isotopes, and parameters of wood quality in the Balkan peninsula. Studies of radial growth and ecophysiological responses of trees and forest ecosystems to environmental stress factors (with emphasis on extreme weather events) considering different silvicultural regimes will bring new insights into the understanding of the plasticity of the selected tree species under different environmental conditions and implementation of good practices into forest management.
Significance for the country
In a policy framework, forests are governed by forestry, nature conservation, phytosanitary and energy legislative, making forestry research a multisectoral endeavour, contributing to the development of all the listed sectors. In the global context, this RP contributes with new knowledge and data to fulfilment of the requirements of the international conventions, agreements, and sustainable development goals. Within the EU policy, the RP contributes to achieving high level of forest conservation and sustainability (beyond current duration) to FOREST EUROPE process, legislation (e.g. EU’s 2030 Energy and Climate Framework and LULUCF) and strategies. Developing indicators will contribute to the development of forestry policy and a harmonized comparable monitoring of the development of forests in space and time for national and international reporting. The outputs of RP FBET shall enable forest professionals, forest owners, state agencies, the Ministry, responsible for forestry, and the Ministry and agency, responsible for the environment, a proper direction and activities for preserving and improving forest health and resilience, as health of forests is considered a public good. Furthermore, our research outputs shall improve the knowledge on (I) the availability of wood biomass and (II) current and future material flow balances, which depend on supply and demand of wood, which will be used to evaluate possible scenarios and facilitate the development of wood-based bio-economy in Slovenia. The proposed topic is in line with the objectives of e.g. the Slovenian Strategic Framework for Climate Change Adaptation, Strategies of the EC Europe 2020 on the Green Economy, etc. Evaluation of business models in forestry, will enable us to set-up a decision support platform for forest contractors. We anticipate our results will affect professionalization of the work in forests, which may in turn increase competitiveness of forestry sector. With higher competitiveness, organisation of work will be improved and ability to act more quickly in cases of exceptional events (e.g. windthrow, ice storm). In adition, professionalization contributes to increased safety and health at work, and thus reduced number of work-related accidents in the forestry sector. Studies of reproductive ability of selected animal species at different levels will be used to predict population number fluctuations. Transferring this knowledge to authorities and public can contribute to the increase of road traffic safety and reduce mortality of certain animal species. Furthermore, within the next 6 years we intend to apply at least one patent for measuring instruments in the field of ecological measurements within Laboratory for Electronic Devices. Our educational (forest pedagogy) and dissemination activities, including a launching of a new web portal, will raise the awareness among the general public of the importance of forest ecosystems and how they impact our everyday lives. Altogether, our research strategy contributes significantly to preservation of the Slovenian forests through improved forest conservation, protection, management and forestry sector practices – vital and healthy forests are paramount for maintaining air and ground water quality, deterioration of which would lead to an increase in human and animal health issues (negative economic impact). Furthermore, with proper management and forestry sector practices, Slovenian forests can serve as a sustainable source of raw materials for wood-based bio-economy. Finally, the international collaboration, presentations, organization of conferences and meetings will promote Slovenian forestry, forest science and technology, and Slovenia as a country.
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