EES Seminar / IFES-GCOE Seminar

On going Arctic Ecosystem research under global change

Date : December 10th (Fri), 2010 Presenter1 : Elisabeth J. Cooper (Professor, Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromso) Presenter2 : David S. Hik (Professor and Canada Research Chair in Northern Ecology President, International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), University of Alberta)

●10:00-12:00 at A102 ＜Workshop on high-latitude ecosystem research with students＞ ・Yuka KAWAI: Effects of snowmelt conditions on the life history trairs of an

alpine herb Gentiana nipponica ・Akihiro UETA: Study on water cycle system in Eastern Siberian Taiga

・Yu-hyeon PARK: Applications of TEX86 and MBT/CBT indices paleotemperature

estimations in Holocene sediments from the Chukchi Shelf ・Shunsuke TEI: Reconstruction of past interannual variation in soil moisture

based on delta-13C of larch tree rings in Eastern Siberia

・Maochang LIANG: Investigation of Plants photosynthetic activity and stable isotopic composition in Eastern Siberian Taiga-tundra region

・Koji NAKASAKA: The widespread assessment of forest fire severity in

Mongolia

●14:00-16:00 at D201 ＜Faculty Seminar (研究院アワー & IFES-GCOE セミナー)＞ ・Prof. Elisabeth J Cooper : Winter challenge in Arctic terrestrial ecosystem ・Prof. David S. Hik : The influence of snow on changing tundra and alpine ecosystems in northern Canada

●16:00-17:00 at A102 ＜Meeting and discussion with students＞