Andrei G Lapenis¹, George Robinson², Clare Gaffey³, Maurizio Mencuccini⁴, Alexander Buyantuev¹ and Shiguo Jiang¹, (1)University at Albany State University of New York, Geography and Planning, Albany, NY, United States, (2)University at Albany State University of New York, Biology, Albany, NY, United States, (3)Clark University, Geography, Worcester, MA, United States, (4)CREAF, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain