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Origin, Conservation, and Restoration of the Threatened European Grassland Ecosystem in the Anthropocene
Natural and Semi-Natural Grassland Ecosystems (NSG) represent high-value biodiversity hotspots for biodiversity of the European continent, as well as an invaluable cultural heritage forged through millennia of human-nature interactions. While pristine natural European grasslands result mainly from constrained specific climatic and soil conditions, semi-natural grasslands largely result from the activities of humans and their livestock (e.g. grazing, mowing, burning) during millennia of low-intensity land use. European NSG, their biodiversity, and the cultural heritage they represent are highly threatened since the beginning of the 20th century in a context of multifactorial global change including environmental dimensions (climate change, habitat fragmentation, pollution, biological invasions) and land-use changes with the accelerating of socio-economic evolution of agricultural practices (intensification or abandonment) and urbanization.
Guidelines for Native Seed Production and Grassland Restoration
World-wide, the degradation and destruction of both natural and traditionally used semi-natural ecosystems is drastically increasing. Unfortunately, commercial seed mixtures, consisting of non-native species and genetically uniform cultivars, are widely used in grassland restoration, often with negative effects on biodiversity. Therefore, native species should be used in the ecological restoration of natural and semi-natural vegetation. This book compiles results from recent studies presented at a Special Session “Native seed production and use in restoration projects”, which was organised during the 8th European Conference on Ecological Restoration in České Budějovice, Czech Republic...
Global Vegetation
This up-to-date textbook of global vegetation ecology, which comprises the current state of knowledge, is long overdue and much-needed. It is a translation of the textbook “Vegetation der Erde” (Springer-Spektrum, Heidelberg). A short introductory chapter deals with the fundamentals of vegetation ecology that are of importance for the delimitation and characterization of the global vegetation presented in this book (chorology, evolution of plants, physiognomic and structural characteristics, phytodiversity and the human impact on it as well as general terminology concerning both plant growth forms and on vegetation structure types). In the following chapters the zonal and azonal vegetation from the tropics to the polar regions including high mountains is described and discussed. The main focus is on the characterization of interactions between the spatial location of plants and plant communities on the one hand and site conditions, historic and genetic processes, spatial and temporal patterns, ecophysiology and anthropogenic influences on the other hand. Additional information on specific topics is provided in 51 boxes.
IDEE 2023
This book contains the proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Design and Environmental Engineering (IDEE 2023) held via the hybrid form in Zhengzhou, China from November 24th to 26th, 2023. The specific topics covered in this conference include innovative design, multimedia applied art design, environmental analysis and monitoring, pollution control programs, hydrology and water resources engineering, urban and regional planning, global climate change and international carbon emission reduction cooperation. The conference aims to bring together various professionals from the scientific community to foster connections between science, technology, and industry, and provide a...
Urban Biodiversity and Design
With the continual growth of the world's urban population, biodiversity in towns and cities will play a critical role in global biodiversity. This is the first book to provide an overview of international developments in urban biodiversity and sustainable design. It brings together the views, experiences and expertise of leading scientists and designers from the industrialised and pre-industrialised countries from around the world. The contributors explore the biological, cultural and social values of urban biodiversity, including methods for assessing and evaluating urban biodiversity, social and educational issues, and practical measures for restoring and maintaining biodiversity in urban areas. Contributions come from presenters at an international scientific conference held in Erfurt, Germany 2008 during the 9th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biodiversity. This is also Part of our Conservation Science and Practice book series (with Zoological Society of London).
Vegetation Science in Retrospect and Perspective
Abstracts from the 41st IAVS Symposium, Uppsala 1998.
Renaturierungsökologie
Dieses Lehrbuch befasst sich mit dem Zustand, den Funktionen und der Renaturierung der wesentlichen Ökosysteme Mitteleuropas. Das Werk ist in 4 Teile gegliedert, in denen die Autoren die Grundlagen der Renaturierungsökologie, ihre Anwendung in naturnahen und anthropogenen Ökosystemen sowie zukünftige Entwicklungen des Fachs behandeln. Dabei werden die wichtigsten Methoden der Wiederherstellung funktionierender Ökosysteme aufgezeigt. Das Werk thematisiert auch den Unterschied zwischen Naturschutz und Renaturierung und gibt einen Überblick über die Pflanzenverwendung in Renaturierungsprojekten sowie den Umgang mit invasiven Fremdarten. Für Studierende und Lehrende unterschiedlicher Fachrichtungen (Biologie, Ökologie, Landschaftsökologie, Geografie, Umweltplanung, Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung, Landespflege sowie Umwelt-und Ressourcenschutz) ist dieses Lehrbuch ein wertvolles Grundlagenwerk. Es versetzt sie in die Lage, vorhandenes Wissen zu reflektieren, anzuwenden bzw. weiterzuvermitteln.
Mnemonic Ecologies
An exploration of the Green Belt conservation project between the former East and West Germanies and its relationship to emergent ecosystems, trauma, and memorialization. The first book-length scholarly treatment of Germany’s largest conservation project, the Green Belt, Mnemonic Ecologies by Sonja Pieck presents a new interdisciplinary approach: that effective restoration and conservation of wounded land must merge ecology with memory. Since the Cold War’s end in 1989, German conservationists have transformed the once-militarized border between East and West Germany into an extensive protected area. Yet as forests, meadows, and wetlands replace fences, minefields, and guard towers, ecol...
Urban Services to Ecosystems
The aim of this book is to bring together multidisciplinary research in the field of green infrastructure design, construction and ecology. The main core of the volume is constituted by contributions dealing with green infrastructure, vegetation science, nature-based solutions and sustainable urban development. The green infrastructure and its ecosystem services, indeed, are gaining space in both political agendas and academic research. However, the attention is focused on the services that nature is giving for free to and for human health and survival. What if we start to see things from another perspective? Our actions shall converge for instance to turn man-made environment like cities fr...
Handbuch naturnahe Begrünung von Rohböden
Eingriffe in Natur und Landschaft (z. B. Baumaßnahmen, Rohstoffgewinnung, Straßenbau) führen einerseits zu einer nachhaltigen Devastierung von Flächen, die nach Beendigung der Bau- bzw. Abbautätigkeiten wieder in die Landschaft eingegliedert werden müssen, andererseits müssen im Rahmen von Ausgleichs- und Ersatzmaßnahmen naturschutzfachlich wertvolle Flächen geschaffen oder wiederhergestellt werden. In vielen Bereich (z. B. Böschungen) steht dabei Erosionsschutz an erster Stelle. Die in diesem Buch vorgestellten Methoden ermöglichen darüber hinaus eine nachhaltige und standortgerechte Vegetationsentwicklung mit gebietsheimischen Arten. Zum Einsatz kommen dabei ansaatlose Verfahren wie Oberboden- und Mähgutauftrag sowie Mulchdecksaaten mit gebietsheimischem Saatgut. Das Buch ist nach verschiedenen Standortverhältnissen gegliedert, für die geeignete Methoden genau erläutert sowie Beispiele für die jeweiligen Zielzustände gezeigt werden. Der künftige Anwender erhält damit ein übersichtliches Handbuch mit Handlungsanweisungen für unterschiedliche Standorte. Die Angaben basieren dabei auf den neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen (u. a. SURE-Projekt).
