(Responses of coniferous species to atmospheric CO/sub 2/ enrichment): Foreign trip report, September 19--30, 1988

Technical Report · Fri Oct 14 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:5605459

Luxmoore, R J

The traveler presented an invited review paper on responses of coniferous species to atmospheric CO/sub 2/ enrichment at an International Union of Forestry Research Organizations (IUFRO) Conference in the Soviet Union and a contributed paper coauthored with J. Saldarriaga on the solar conversion efficiency of a tropical rain forest at an IUFRO symposium in France. The traveler chaired a session at each conference and participated in IUFRO business meetings. The Soviet meeting was attended by 70 participants from 9 countries and provided a rare opportunity to meet a large number of Soviet tree physiologists. Many potentially useful contacts were established for several different geographic regions of the USSR. There were 400 participants from 40 countries at the meeting in France, and the research presentations ranged from biochemistry to ecology. An ad hoc meeting on CO/sub 2/ and climate change was held, and tentative plans for developing cooperation through IUFRO were initiated. A project proposal on hierarchical plant processes was supported and will be developed by the traveler for approval by the IUFRO Executive Board. 7 refs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5605459
• Report Number(s): ORNL/FTR-3082; ON: DE89017376
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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