Types of presentation
Oral Presentation
Presentation time for ORAL presentation is 10 minutes + 5 min for questions from the audience.
You shall make your presentation in a timely manner. Kindly note that the time is usually followed the the conference Chairman.
All presentations have to be made in English
Speakers are kindly asked to use the available in the Conference hall Laptop. Only if they have special reasons they may use their own laptops (in that case they have to inform the technical assistant before the session).
Only PowerPoint presentations on a CD-ROM/DVD or a USB Memory stick will be accepted.
Types of presentation
Oral Presentation
Presentation time for ORAL presentation is 10 minutes + 5 min for questions from the audience.
You shall make your presentation in a timely manner. Kindly note that the time is usually followed the the conference Chairman.
All presentations have to be made in English
Speakers are kindly asked to use the available in the Conference hall Laptop. Only if they have special reasons they may use their own laptops (in that case they have to inform the technical assistant before the session).
Only PowerPoint presentations on a CD-ROM/DVD or a USB Memory stick will be accepted.
Types of presentation
Oral Presentation
Presentation time for ORAL presentation is 10 minutes + 5 min for questions from the audience.
You shall make your presentation in a timely manner. Kindly note that the time is usually followed the the conference Chairman.
All presentations have to be made in English
Speakers are kindly asked to use the available in the Conference hall Laptop. Only if they have special reasons they may use their own laptops (in that case they have to inform the technical assistant before the session).
Only PowerPoint presentations on a CD-ROM/DVD or a USB Memory stick will be accepted.
Types of presentation
Oral Presentation
Presentation time for ORAL presentation is 10 minutes + 5 min for questions from the audience.
You shall make your presentation in a timely manner. Kindly note that the time is usually followed the the conference Chairman.
All presentations have to be made in English
Speakers are kindly asked to use the available in the Conference hall Laptop. Only if they have special reasons they may use their own laptops (in that case they have to inform the technical assistant before the session).
Only PowerPoint presentations on a CD-ROM/DVD or a USB Memory stick will be accepted.
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Submission Guidelines
Abstract Submission
An abstract between 300 to 500 words, clearly summarising the arguments, should be submitted before deadline.
The preferred length of paper (including footnotes) is 5,000 words (maximum limit). In general, please confine your paper between 10-12 pages, everything included.
It is author's responsibility to ensure that all references and citations are correct, and that the contribution does not contain any material that infringes copyright, or is defamatory, obscene or otherwise unlawful or litigious. Please check GEOLINKS Tips.
Copyright in the article will remain jointly with the owner of the copyright and the Publisher. By submitting an article to the conference, the owner of the copyright grants the publisher with a license to publish the article. The author warrants that he is the owner of all rights of copyright in the article. Where the author subsequently publishes the article, the author is requested to acknowledge the article appeared in the conference proceedings.
The Author(s) will indemnify and defend the Publisher against any claim, demand or recovery against the Publisher by reason of any violation of any proprietary right or copyright, or because of any libellous or scandalous matter contained in the Manuscript.
The Publisher will have the right to edit the work for the original edition and for any revision, provided that the meaning of the text is not materially altered.
Types of presentation
Types of presentation
Types of presentation
Types of presentation
Types of presentation
Types of presentation
Types of presentation
Types of presentation
Types of presentation
Types of presentation
Types of presentation
Types of presentation
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Types of presentation
Proceedings 2020
All GEOLINKS 2020 participants get an online access to the full conference proceedings.
You can find the full digital books, including all accepted and published double blind peer-reviewed papers.

GEOLINKS Proceedings
Book 1 Volume 2
Air Pollution and Climate Change
Biotechnologies
Environmental Geology
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Ecology and Environmental Studies
Environmental Economics
Green Buildings Technology and Materials
Green Design and Sustainable Architecture
GEOLINKS International Conference 2020, Book 2
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
INFLUENCE OF TREE SPECIES MIXTURE TO REDUCE WIND DAMAGES IN BIRCH STANDS
Baiba Jansone, Edgars Dubrovskis, Linards Sisenis
ABSTRACT
Climate change is linked to increase in frequency and/or severity of different damages in forest stands. Birch (Betula spp.) stands can be significantly affected by wind and snow (freezing rain). Aim of our study was to assess, if admixture of other tree species reduces the proportion of damaged trees in birch stands.
Data from total of 836 sample plots (size 500m2) in birch stands at the age of up to 81 year were analysed. Among the mixed sands (MS) and pure stands (PS >80% of single tree species), the mean proportion (± confidence interval) of damage was assessed from the total number (TN) and basal area (BA) of overstory (first layer) trees. MS were further assessed in two groups – one or more species in admixture (MS+1 and MS+2).
The proportion of mixed birch stands was increasing with age: from average of 21% at the age of up to 20 years to 64% at the age of 61-70 years, most likely do to difference in historical management. In period between the 1950th and 1990th, birch was considered as undesirable species and the older stands formed mainly due to low survival of coniferous trees and natural ingrowth of birch, whereas starting from the 1990th birch was more widely recognized and used as target species.
Proportion of undamaged birch trees (both, when assessed as TN or BA) was not significantly different between MS and PS. Also presence of second layer trees did not affect the proportion of damaged overstory trees significantly. There were significant differences among the groups of mixed stands: more wind or snow damaged trees were found in certain age groups in stands with more than one admixture species present.
Creating a mixed birch stands in comparison to pure stands of the same tree species may not result in lower frequency of damaged trees, thus this approach cannot be automatically recommended as a tool for adaptation to climate change
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