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Department of Ecology
Chair of Vegetation Ecology
Chair of Vegetation Ecology
Unit of Geobotany

Technische Universitaet Muenchen

IAVS
International Association of
Vegetation Science

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Tuesday 31.07.2001
Thursday 02.08.2001
Friday 03.08.2001

Monday 30.07.2001


Lecture Hall 14

8.30-9.05 Opening
9.05-9.40 Keynote Lecture: Eddy van der Maarel
Vegetation Ecology: its development and its significance for Ecosystem Functions

Session 2.2 - Lecture Hall 14

9.50-10.10 Burkart Michael Management of Grassland in the Lower Havel Floodplain: Consequences for Species Diversity and Conservation
10.10-10.30 Truus Laimi Course of secondary succession on wet meadows in relation to life strategies of plant species
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-11.20 Köhler Barbara Plant traits and vegetation changes after 22 years of different management in limestone grasslands
11.20-11.40 Bornette Gudrun Role of disturbances and productivity in plant diversity in riverine wetlands
11.40-12.00 Latham Jim Influence of management on the ground flora of an upland Alnus glutinosa woodland
12.00-12.20 Wolfram Christian Aspect of vegetation structure for diversity in plant communities of the Curonian Spit/Russia
12.20-13.40 Lunch
13.40-14.15 Keynote Lecture: Rebecca Sharitz
River Floodplain Vegetation - Effects on Nutrient Dynamics and Water Quality
14.15-14.50 Keynote Lecture: Jan Bakker
Plant-animal interactions in grassland systems
15.00-15.20 Ares Jorge Oscar Structural changes at patch and landscape scales in arid land vegetation under extensive use
15.20-15.40 Arévalo José Ramón The effect of fire intensity on the understory species composition of two Pinus canariensis reforested stands in Tenerife
15.40-16.00 Coffee Break
16.00-17.00 Poster Session
17.00-17.20 Espirito-Santo Dalia Conservation and management of Quercus suber stands in Portugal
17.20-17.40 Gondard Helene Plant species diversity and forest management in Mediterranean area: some functional aspects
17.40-18.00 Neuhäuslová Zdenka Vegetation mapping and forest management in the Sumava Mts., Czech Republic

Session 4.1 - Lecture Hall 15

9.50-10.10 Pakeman Robin Animal:plant interactions in plant dispersal
10.10-10.30 Scheidel Ulrich Effects of slug herbivory on seedling establishment of Arnica montana
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-11.20 Elger Arnaud An attempt to relate macrophyte palatability to disturbance level and nutrient status in freshwater habitats
11.20-11.40 Van den Wyngaert Isabel Impact of grazing by moulting Greylag geese (Anser anser) on nutrient dynamics in a Phragmites-dominated wetland
11.40-12.00 Oßwald Wolfgang Investigations on Phytophthora-infected beech grown under different CO2 and nitrogen regimes
12.00-12.20 Heyne Christian Ecophysiological mechanisms of the aboveground decline in oak trees with Phytophthora-infected root systems
12.20-13.40 Lunch
15.00-15.20 Dormann Carsten F. Investing in anti-herbivore defense or growth: doing it the arctic way
15.20-15.40 Turkington Roy Fertilization and herbivory in the herbaceous vegetation of the boreal forest; a 10-yr study
15.40-16.00 Coffee Break
16.00-17.00 Poster Session
17.00-17.20 Jutila Heli Effects of cattle grazing on the vegetation of Baltic coastal grasslands and implications for management
17.20-17.40 Titlyanova Argenta Above- and below-ground biomass and production in Inner Asia steppes under different grazing conditions
17.40-18.00 Ejtehadi Hamid How Grazing By Domestic Animals Could Affect the Species Diversity of Rangeland Vegetation

Session 2.3 - Lecture Hall 16

9.50-10.10 Bossuyt Beatrijs Plant dynamics across ancient-recent forest ecotones: consequences for ecological restoration
10.10-10.30 Svavarsdóttir Kristin Reclamation and carbon sequestration of degraded land in Iceland
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-11.20 Bruelheide Helge Combating desertification in the Taklamakan Desert by preserving and restoring the indigenous vegetation
11.20-11.40 Lubke Roy The screening of pioneer species for restoration of degraded forest and grassy fynbos (heath) (following removal of invasive woody aliens, in the eastern cape south africa)
11.40-12.00 Gil Mora Eduardo Native vegetation species used in reforestation program in the Andean Zone of Cusco
12.00-12.20 Miyawaki Akira Reconstruction of degraded tropical rain forests in Sarawak, Borneo and its significance
16.00-17.00 Poster Session

Session 1.1 - Lecture Hall 16

15.00-15.20 Jax Kurt Define your system! Some thoughts on preconditions for determining ecosystem functions
15.20-15.40 Jenssen Martin Relating vegetation patterns to ecosystem functions in multidimensional ecological feature spaces
15.40-16.00 Coffee Break
16.00-17.00 Poster Session
17.00-17.20 Schaminee Joop The analysis of internal changes in vegetation types for a better understanding of ecosystem functioning
17.20-17.40 Beierkuhnlein Carl Species Diversity and Biomass in Experimental Grasslands
17.40-18.00 Gnädinger Johannes The relative importance of local versus regional forces as determinants of local species richness

Session 3.2 - Lecture Hall 12

9.50-10.10 Schmidt Wolfgang Nitrogen cycling in canopy gaps of beech forests on limestone
10.10-10.30 Smidt Stefan Investigations of nitrogen fluxes in a spruce stand in the Northern Tyrolean Limestone Alps
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-11.20 Waldhardt Rainer Establishment of Cytisus scoparius on old-fields: impacts on the Nitrogen Balance of a Marginal Landscape
11.20-11.40 Kahlert Bettina Interspecific differences in leaf phenology in context of ecosystem processes in limestone grasslands
11.40-12.00 Fiener Peter Effectiveness of improved grassed waterways for soil and water conservation
12.00-12.20 Heinz Sabine Effects of cultivated Typha spp. stands on water quality in degraded groundwater fed mires
12.20-13.40 Lunch
15.00-15.20 Ripley Brad The distribution of Scaevola plumieri along the south african coast is limited by seasonal water balance and temperature
15.20-15.40 Kakubari Yoshitaka Altitudinal changes of photosynthesis and transpiration in Naeba Mountains IBP Beech (Fagus crenata) forest (Japan)
15.40-16.00 Coffee Break
16.00-17.00 Poster Session
17.00-17.20 Tenhunen John Landscape Variation in Water Use by Beech Forest Stands in Japan and Europe
17.20-17.40 Wegehenkel Martin Long-term evaluation of landuse changes on landscape water balance - a case study from north-east germany
17.40-18.00 Dirnböck Thomas Potential effects of vegetation dynamics on the water supply of Vienna/Austria

Lecture Overview

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Tuesday 31.07.2001
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Friday 03.08.2001


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