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Project Information

OptFor-EU

Grant agreement ID: 101060554

DOI 10.3030/101060554

EC signature date 5 December 2022

Start date 1 January 2023

End date 31 December 2026

Funded under

• Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Total cost € 4 289 077,50

EU contribution € 4 289 076,00

Coordinated by

ADMINISTRATIA NATIONALA DE METEOROLOGIE R.A.
Romania

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (8)

Interim reports on implementation, including the RMP - No.1

Interim reports on implementation, including RMP. Reports on overall project implementation

Communication strategy

Communication strategy. Outlines communication activities and describes major target audiences, communication channels, spatial coverage and timing, agreed among project partners

Stakeholder Engagement Plan and Mapping
Dissemination and exploitation strategy

Dissemination and exploitation strategy. Outlines dissemination and exploitation activities for the entire project duration, specified by target audiences, dissemination channel and regularity, developed and agreed among project partners

Report on adoption, customization and implementation

Report on adoption, customization and implementation strategy

Report on the FMP and their relevance in different CSA

Report on FMP and their relevance in different case study areas

Practice Abstract - Interim - Batch 1

This deliverable contains 2 practice abstracts including Information to support the end-users in their daily practice and to enable efficient knowledge exchange.

Interim reports on project’s response to EGD, New EUFS - No.1

Interim reports on the project response to EGD objectives, New EUFS, and engagement with other projects financed under the topic Horizon-CL6-2022-Climate-01-05

Other (1)

Gridded dataset of EFT

Dataset of European Forest Types

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Communication tools produced

Communication tools produced, including a functional public website. Introduces the OptFor-EU DSS to facilitate its up-take by end users

Data Management Plan (1)

Data Management Plan

DMP consists of procedures according to IPR, including agreement for repositories and data usage, within the consortium and beyond

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (9)

Modelling branch surface area of Picea abies [L.] Karst

Author(s): Neumann, M., & Ledermann, T.
Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 2023, ISSN 0282-7581
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2023.2270410

Stand Age and Climate Change Effects on Carbon Increments and Stock Dynamics

Author(s): Vangi, Elia, Daniela Dalmonech, Mauro Morichetti, Elisa Grieco, Francesca Giannetti, Giovanni D’Amico, Mahdi (Andre) Nakhavali, Gherardo Chirici, and Alessio Collalti.
Published in: Forests, 2024, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/F15071120

Causes and Impacts of Flood Events in Emilia-Romagna (Italy) in May 2023

Author(s): Letizia Cremonini, Pierluigi Randi, Massimiliano Fazzini, Marianna Nardino, Federica Rossi, Teodoro Georgiadis
Published in: Land, Issue 13, 2024, ISSN 2073-445X
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/LAND13111800

Stand age diversity (and more than climate change) affects forests resilience and stability, although unevenly

Author(s): Elia Vangi , Daniela Dalmonech , Elisa Cioccolo , Gina Marano , Leonardo Bianchini , Paulina F. Puchi , Elisa Grieco , Alessandro Cescatti , Andrea Colantoni , Gherardo Chirici , Alessio Collalti
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, 2024, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Science Direct
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121822

Mountain bike trails in urban forests: Meeting recreation demands in Vienna and Zurich

Author(s): Ludvig Alice, Zivojinovic Ivana, Wilkes-Allemann Jerylee
Published in: Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, Issue 49, 2025, ISSN 2213-0780
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JORT.2025.100861

Early-successional species show higher tolerance of drought than late-successional species across Europe

Author(s): Mirela Beloiu Schwenke, Christof Bigler, Any Mary Petritan, Ion Catalin Petritan, Gioele Madonna, Verena C. Griess
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 955, 2025, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2024.176997

Regional estimates of gross primary production applying the Process-Based Model 3D-CMCC-FEM vs. Remote-Sensing multiple datasets

Author(s): Dalmonech, D., Vangi, E., Chiesi, M., Chirici, G., Fibbi, L., Giannetti, F., Collalti, A.
Published in: European Journal of Remote Sensing, 2023, ISSN 2279-7254
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/22797254.2023.2301657

Contrasting patterns of water use efficiency and annual radial growth among European beech forests along the Italian peninsula

Author(s): Puchi, P.F., Dalmonech, D., Vangi, E. et al.
Published in: Scientific Reports, 2024, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-57293-7

Predicted Future Changes in the Mean Seasonal Carbon Cycle Due to Climate Change

Author(s): Mauro Morichetti, Elia Vangi, Alessio Collalti
Published in: Forests, 2024, ISSN 1999-4907
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/f15071124

Conference proceedings (6)

Contrasting carbon storage with timber production in managed and unmanaged Oak forests in Austria based on simulations and observations

Author(s): Neumann, M., Pichler, J., and Lexer, M. J.:
Published in: Issue EGU24-1560, 2024
Publisher: EGU24
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-1560

Enhanced precipitation events and forests stability: a case study in Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany (Italy).

Author(s): Georgiadis, T., Cremonini, L., Matteucci, G., Rossi, F., Giannetti, F., Zorzi, I., Collalti, A., D'andrea, E., and Cardoni, S
Published in: Issue EGU24-3090, 2024
Publisher: EGU24
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-3090

European Forest Type Map

Author(s): Giannetti, F., Zorzi, I., Linser, S., Neumann, M., Cheval, S., Collalti, A., Vangi, E., Grieco, E., Travaglini, D., Chirici, G., and Barbati, A.
Published in: Issue EGU24-3418, 2024
Publisher: EGU24
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-3418

Co-developing a Decision Support System for climate adaptation and mitigation of European forests: lessons learnt from the stakeholder engagement

Author(s): Tudose, N. C., Asmus, C., Cheval, S., Georgiadis, T., Mitter, H., Incio, M., Johannessen, M. R., Anand, J., Knutzen, F., Linser, S., Marin, M., Matteucci, G., Neumann, M., Pereira, P., Radu, R. G., Spiegelhalder, M. R., and Ungurean, C
Published in: 2024
Publisher: EGU24
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-16389

Assessing the effects of heat and droughts on forest-climate interactions in Europe using a regional climate model with an interactively coupled vegetation module

Author(s): Asmus, C., Buntemeyer, L., Knutzen, F., Pietikinen, J.-P., and Rechid, D.
Published in: Issue EGU24-10675, 2024
Publisher: EGU24
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-10675

Changes in climate extremes over the European Forest Types (1991-2050)

Author(s): Cheval, S., Gianetti, F., Collalti, A., Dumitrescu, A., Neumann, M., and Tudose, N. C
Published in: Issue EGU24-14753, 2024
Publisher: EGU2024
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-14753