Premiul Fundaţiei „Alexandru Tissescu” pe anul 2015 [Foundation Prize of “Alexandru Tissescu” for 2015]

Abstract

“Alexandru Tissescu” Fundation is a nonprofit organization that supports scientific research conducted by young forest engineers (under 40 years old) in the field of forest sciences. According to its mission the Fundation is awarding an annual prize designed for the stimulation of creativity and excellency in research offered to Romanian researchers and specialists with original contributions, with important practical and scientific value to the development of forest sciences. The prize of Alexandru Tissescu Fundation for the year 2015 was awarded to dr. Ion Cătălin Petrițan, associate professor at the Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineerig of the Transilvania University from Brașov, for the results obtained in the field of forest ecology, especially concerning modeling stands structure and ecological processes in oldgrowth beech forests, either pure or mixed with sessile oak and conifers. The results of his research have been disseminated by publishing 4 articles in journals ranked Web of Science, or in other articles that are in preparation. His major research achievements are: modeling the mortality of trees according the various ecological factors; using of diversity indices and analysing the punctiform processes for describing the stand structure and ecological processes in virgin forests; using dendrocronology for analysing stand development patterns and successional processes and for reconstruction of disturbance history occurring in old-growth mixed sessile oak–beech forest; using spatial analysis for assesing the structural patterns and dynamics of a primeval silver fir (Abies alba) – European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in the Southern Carpathians. The concern of dr. Ion Cătălin Petrițan in investigating oldgrowth forests is continuing by approaching new objectives