Landscape Ecology
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7th meeting on vegetation databasesPlant - Environment - Trait Linkages Perspectives on Functional Community Ecology Research
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The upcoming 7th meeting is dedicated to the links between plant trait and vegetation data bases. Trait data summarise morphological and physiological features of plant species - plot data present a detailed description of the biotic environment in which the species are found. Linking trait and plot data banks allows us to extract the functional features of plant communities as well as to test and refine plant functional types.
The results are an important basis for detecting, assessing and predicting changes in the composition, diversity and functioning of vegetation. Applied functional ecology helps managers to protect and restore vulnerable species, communities and habitats, to improve land-use practices and to forecast vegetation reactions to changes in climate and land-use.
The workshop is generously supported by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and Floristisch-soziologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft
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Scope - Perspectives in plant - trait - environment relationships. Special emphasis is placed on how to link trait databases to vegetation data.
Main topics - Presentation of plant trait databases, analyses of plant communities with regard to biologcal traits, plant traits and ecosystem function, habitat modelling on different levels (species - functional type - community), progress in vegetation data bases
Languages - English and German
Programme
Preliminary programme: click here
Abstract volume (pdf): >>Download<<
Keynotes will be held by Eric Garnier (CEFE-CNRS, Montpellier) and Joop Schaminée (RU Nijmegen).
Contributions: There will be talks and poster presentations.
We offer three software workshops on Wednesday afternoon:
Working group meetings (Thursday afternoon).
Jörg Ewald invites for a new working group on meta databases of vegetation data.
Cord Peppler-Lisbach and Robert Biedermann intend to initiate a working group on meta databases of habitat models /species distribution models.
Fees - For refreshments, a moderate fee will be collected at the regristration desk. The participants can have their lunch in the local mensa/cafeteria at their own expenses.
Accommodation - To book rooms under special conditions, please download the order form here and send it completed to the tourist office via mail/fax or e-mail (info@oldenburg-tourist.de). If you prefer accommodation in the local youth hostel, click here.
Venue - the meeting will be held at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Campus Wechloy (Carl von Ossietzky-Str.). There are regularly scheduled (every 20 min) busses from central railway station (Line 306) destination university (terminal stop). For maps and directions click here.
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Landscape Ecology Group
Contact cord.peppler.lisbach@uni-oldenburg.de
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