Constandache Cristinel

Senior researchers II, Director SCDEP Focșani

Research Team Manager (E5)

Areas of interest: ecological reconstruction, degraded lands, climate change

The main objective of the research team is to establish and improve specific technologies for management and regeneration of forest stands, ecological restoration and watershed management for torrent control under climate change conditions.

Within the E5 research team, 17 researchers work, including 13 researchers with proven experience (Senior researchers I and II), 11 technological development engineers and 4 employees as technical staff.

• CLISWELN – Climate services for Water-Energy-Land-Nexus

• OptFor-EU – OPTimising FORest management decisions for a low-carbon, climate resilient future in Europe

• Ecological solutions for the arrangement of torrential beds in the protected natural areas ROSCI0207 Postăvaru, ROSCI195 Piatra Mare and ROSCI0038 Ciucaş. PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013

• CAMARO-D (Cooperating towards Advanced MAanagement ROutines for land use impacts on the water regime in the Danube river basin) – program Interreg

• Project PN 19070404 (2018-2022) – Integrated management of forest lands and riverbeds in order to reduce the risks induced by excess water

• Project PN 19070402 (2019-2022) – Evaluation and analysis of the influence of maintenance works and disturbing factors on the quality of some representative resinous ecosystems (spruce, pine) for the foundation of silvotechnical works

• Contract with RNP Romsilva, for design services for torrent correction works: no. 6/2022, no. 12/2022, no. 18/2022.

• Contract with the Bucharest Forestry Guard for shelter-belt design services, no. 19/2020.

• Contracts with DS Brăila no. 69/2021 and 1892/2022 – Pedo-stationary studies in order to establish regeneration compositions in stands in the Buzău river meadow, affected by mass drying due to the drought.

• Tudose, N.C., Marin, M., Cheval, S., Mitter, H., Broekman, A., Sanchez-Plaza, A., Ungurean, C., Davidescu, S., 2023. Challenges and opportunities of knowledge co-creation for the water-energy-land nexus. Climate Services 30, 100340,

• Tudose, N.C., Petritan, I.C., Toiu, F.L., Petritan, A.-M., Marin, M., 2023. Relation between Topography and Gap Characteristics in a Mixed Sessile Oak–Beech Old-Growth Forest. Forests 2023, 14(2), 188.

• Oprică R., Tudose N.C., Davidescu S.O., Zup M., Marin M., Comanici A.N., Crit M.N., Pitar D., 2022. Gender inequalities in Transylvania’s largest peri-urban forest usage. Annals of Forest Research 65(2), pp. 57-69

• Marin, M., Clinciu, I., Tudose, N.C., Ungurean, C., Mihalache, A.L., Mărțoiu, N.E., Tudose, O.N., 2022. Assessment of Seasonal Surface Runoff under Climate and Land Use Change Scenarios for a Small Forested Watershed: Upper Tarlung Watershed (Romania). Water 14(18), 2860.

• Mustățea M., Clius M., Tudose N.C., Cheval S., 2022. An enhanced Machado Index of naturalness. CATENA, Vol. 212, 106091, ISSN 0341-8162

• Dinca, L., Marin, M., Radu, V., Murariu, G., Drasovean, R., Cretu, R., Georgescu, L., Timiș‐ Gânsac, V., 2022. Which are the Best Site and Stand Conditions for Silver Fir (Abies alba Mill.) Located in the Carpathian Mountains? Diversity 14, 547

• Tudose, N.C., Cheval, S., Ungurean, C., Broekman, A., Sanchez-Plaza, A., Cremades, R., Mitter, H., Kropf, B., Davidescu, Ș.O., Dincă, L., Cacovean, H., Marin, M., Miska, K., Pereira, P., 2022: Climate services for sustainable resource management: The water-energy-land nexus in the Tărlung river basin (Romania). Land Use Policy 119

• Constandache C., Tudor C., Popovici L., Dincă L., 2022., Ecological reconstruction of the stands affected by drought from meadows of inland rivers. AgroLife Scientific Journal, Scientific Papers, Series E. Land Reclamation, Earth Observation & Surveying, Environmental Engineering, Vol. XI, pp. 76-84 2022;

• Constandache C., Tudor C., Vlad R., Dincă L., Popovici L., 2021. The productivity of stands realized from pine species on degraded lands, Scientific Papers. Series E. Land Reclamation, Earth Observation & Surveying, Environmental Engineering. Vol. X, pag. 76-84;

• Tudose, N.C., Marin, M., Cheval, S., Ungurean, C., Davidescu, Ș.O., Tudose, O.N., Mihalache, A.L., Davidescu, A.A., 2021. SWAT Model Adaptability to a Small Mountainous Forested Watershed in Central Romania. Forests 12(7), DOI10.3390/f12070860.

• Tudose, N.C., Cremades, R., Broekman, A., Sanchez-Plaza, A., Mitter, H., Marin, M., 2021. Mainstreaming the nexus approach in climate services will enable coherent local and regional climate policies. Advances in Climate Change Research 12(5), pp. 752-755, DOI10.1016/j.accre.2021.08.005.

• Murariu, G., Dinca, L., Tudose, N., Crisan, V., Georgescu, L., Munteanu, D., Dragu, M.D., Rosu, B., Mocanu, G.D., 2021. Structural Characteristics of the Main Resinous Stands from Southern Carpathians, Romania. Forests 12, 1029.

• Marin, M., Clinciu, I., Tudose, N.C., Ungurean, C., Adorjani, A., Mihalache, A.L., Davidescu, A.A., Davidescu, Ș.O., Dinca, L., Cacovean, H., 2020: Assessing the vulnerability of water resources in the context of climate changes in a small forested watershed using SWAT: A review. Environmental Research 184, 109330

• Tudose, N.C., Ungurean, C., Davidescu, Ș.O., Clinciu, I., Marin, M., Nita, M.D., Adorjani, A., Davidescu, A.A, 2020: Torrential flood risk assessment and environmentally friendly solutions for small catchments located in the Romania Natura 2000 sites Ciucas, Postavaru and Piatra Mare. Science of The Total Environment 698, 134271

• Mihalache, A.L., Marin, M., Davidescu, Ș.O., Ungurean, C., Adorjani, A., Tudose, N.C., Davidescu, A.A., Clinciu, I., 2020: Physical status of torrent control structures in Romania. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 19(5), pp. 861-872, ISSN 1843-3707.

• Cheval, S; Micu, D; Dumitrescu, A; Irimescu, A; Frighenciu, M; Ioja, C; Tudose, NC; Davidescu, S; Antonescu, B., 2020:Meteorological and Ancillary Data Resources for Climate Research in Urban Areas. Climat. V 8. DOI 10.3390/cli8030037.

• Constandache C., Dincă L., Tudor C., 2020. The bioproductive potential of fast-growing forest species on degraded lands. Scientific Papers. Series E. Land Reclamation, Earth Observation & Surveying, Environmental Engineering. Vol. IX, pag. 87-93.

• Cremades, R., Mitter, H., Tudose, N.C., Sanchez-Plaza, A., Graves, A., Broekman, A., Bender, S., Giupponi, C., Koundouri, P., Bahri, M., Cheval, S., Cortekar, J., Moreno, Y., Melo, O., Karner, K., Ungurean, C., Davidescu, S.O., Kropf, B., Brouwer, F., Marin, M., 2019: Ten principles to integrate the water-energy-land nexus with climate services for co-producing local and regional integrated assessments. Science of The Total Environment 693, 133662

• Vlad, R., Constandache, C., Dinca, L., Tudose, N.C., Sidor, C.G., Popovici, L., Ispravnic, A., 2019. Influence of climatic, site and stand characteristics on some structural parameters of scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests situated on degraded lands from east Romania. Range Management and Agroforestry. V 40, Issue 1. pp. 40-48.

• Vlad, R., Sidor, C.G., Dinca, L., Constandache, C., Grigoroaea, D., Ispravnic, A., Pei, G., 2019. Dead wood diversity in a Norway spruce forest from the Calimani National Park (Eastern Carpathians) / Vol 25 No 1 (2019): Baltic Forestry;

• Constandache C, Dincă L, 2019. The management of pine stands situated outside their habitat. Scientific papers series „Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development”, Volume 19, Issue 4, pag. 59-65;

• Vlad, R., Zhiyanski, M., Dinca, L., Sidor, C.G., Constandache, C., Pei, G., Ispravnic, A., Blaga, T., 2018. Assessment of the density of wood with stem decay of Norway Spruce trees using drill resistance. Comptes Rendus De L Academie Bulgare Des Sciences Volume: 71 Issue: 11 Pages: 1502-1510;