Resource description:
Pedunculate, sessile and downy oaks are to be found throughout Europe, both on arid sites and on sites with a good water supply. The international ACORN research project is investigating the (genetic) adjustments shown by trees in dry sites in order to secure seed sources that can tolerate global warming for the oak forests of the future.
Author/Contact:
Charalambos Neophytou studied forestry and environmental sciences in Thessaloniki, Greece. Prior to becoming head of the unit Forest Genetics and Reproductive Material at the Forest Research Institute of Baden-Württemberg (FVA-BW), he held a position as senior scientist at the Silviculture Institute of the Vienna University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU). He is the coordinator of the BiodivERsA project “Identifying seed sources for highly adaptable oak forests in a changing climate” (2021–2024), “ACORN” for short, which receives funding from the Austrian Science Fund FWF, as well as from national funding agencies in Germany, Greece, Switzerland and Turkey.