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Conference programme
Keynote speakers
Prof. Dr. Graeme Cumming - University of Florida, Dept. Wildlife
Ecology and Conservation (USA) Prof. Dr. Nick Hanley - University
of Glasgow, Department of Economics (UK)
Prof. Dr. Ronen Kadmon - The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Institute of Life Science (Israel)
Prof. Dr. Eric F. Lambin - University Louvain, Department of
Geography (Belgium)
Prof. Dr. Arie J. Oskam - Wageningen University, Mansholt Graduate
School (NL)
Prof. Dr. Tom A. Veldkamp - Wageningen University, Laboratory
of Soil Science and Geology (NL)
Session Themes and Topics
BIODIVERSITY
Multifunctionality from the biodiversity perspective
- Genetic diversity
- Species diversity
- Biodiversity and sustainability
- Cultural heritage (marginal grassland, heathland, etc.)
Assessing faunal biodiversity at the regional scale
- Experimental approaches and new perspectives
- Model concepts and model applications
- Uncertainty analysis
Assessing floristic biodiversity at the regional scale
- Experimental approaches and new perspectives
- Model concepts
and model applications
- Uncertainty analysis
ECO-HYDROLOGY
Multifunctionality from the eco-hydrology perspective
- Water quality, drinking water
- Agricultural and industrial water usage
- Flood protection
- Model uncertainty analysis
Tools for implementing the Water Framework Directive
- Distinguishing point from diffusive sources
- Where and when to measure? Are we measuring the right things?
- Hydrology, nutrients (N, P), pesticides, microbial contamination,
heavy metals
- Eco-hydrological models
ECONOMY
Multifunctionality from the economy perspective
- Defining landscape service indicators
- Food production, labour, income
- Economic and ecological trade offs
- Markets for multifunctionality
Pricing ecological services
- Experimental design for economic evaluation
- Cost-benefit analysis
- Pricing methodologies (choice experiments, contingent valuation,
willingness-to-pay analysis)
LAND USE CHANGE
Predicting land use and land use change
- Model concepts
- Does agricultural diversity imply landscape diversity?
- Analysing spatial and temporal uncertainty in land use change
modelling
Future land use in Europe - Modeling the effects the CAP reform
- Farmstead approaches vs. landscape approaches
- Landscapes and agriculture in Europe after the CAP reform
- Multifunctional landscape services – CAP winners and
losers
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT TOOLS
Spatial decision support systems
- Integrated tools for modelling landscape multifunctionality
- Integrated management of landscape services - examples and perspectives
- Accuracy and uncertainty in spatial decision support systems
Conference programme schedule
| Wednesday, May 18, 2005 |
| 8.00 – 17.00 |
Registration |
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| 9.00 – 10.30 |
Plenary Session 1
R. Kadmon, Jerusalem, IL
Planning for biodiversity conservation: Major obstacles and possible Solutions
G. Cumming, Florida, USA
Landscape ecology and the future of biodiversity |
| 10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11.00 – 13.00 |
Plenary Session 2
A. Veldkamp, Wageningen, NL
Multi-scale landscape process modeling in the context of changing land use systems
E. F. Lambin, Louvain, B
Dynamical patterns and pathways of land-use change
B.-L. Li, California, USA
Multifunctional landscape complexity and sustainability: a personal perspective
M. Rode, Leipzig-Halle, D
Modelling lateral nutrient transport and storage processes on the catchment scale
R. Milne, Ontario, CDN
Assessing the Ecological Value of Conservation Lands in Agricultural Landscapes of Southern Ontario, Canada
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| 13.00 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
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Session A-1 |
Session B-1 |
Session C-1 |
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14.00 - 14.20
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T. Gottschalk,
Giessen, D
The fauna will profit from the reform of the EU Common Agricultural Policy
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A. Horn,
Kiel, D
The capability of mesoscale watershed models to deal with river water quality modelling issues - an assessment
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E. Steingrover,
NL
Multi-actor planning of sustainable landscapes
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14.20 - 14.40
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M. Gonzalez,
F
Woody species richness in fragmented landscape: Combining edge and patch area effects
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A. Sundermann,
Biebergemuend, D
Assessment of streams with bentic invertebrates within the EU Water Framework Directive
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M. Nijnik,
Aberdeen, UK
Conceptualising people's perspectives on landscape changes
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14.40 - 15.00
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J. Mrzljak,
Cottbus, D
Biodiversity after primary succession
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G. Dubelaar,
Nieuwerbrug, D
Monitoring microbial water quality calls for automated methods
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T. Kuhlman,
Wageningen, NL
Linking models in land use simulation
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15.00 - 15.20
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P. Szabo,
HU
Spatial ecological hierachies: Coexistence on heterogeneous landscapes via scale niche diversification
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E. Brabec,
Logan Utha, USA
The impact of regional planning on non-point source pollution and watershed hydrology in the Great Lakes Basin
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B. Freyer,
Wien, A
Methodology of Scenario Technique in Regional Planning Processes
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15.20 - 15.40
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K. Wiegand,
Jena, D
Importance of landscape structure on species frequencies in fragmented landscapes
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P. Pekarova,
Bratislava, SK
Assessment of the selected water quality determinants in the Vah River during 35 years
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K. Zgraggen,
Zürich, CH
Site specific direct payments for an effective and efficient promotion of biodiversity
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15.40 - 16.00
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L. Khanina,
RUS
Modelling forest ground vegetation diversity at the landscape level
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M. Volk,
Leipzig-Halle, D
The dilemma of modelling the environmental effects of land use in multifunctional river basins
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R. Kirchner-Heßler,
Hohenheim, D
The Hohenlohe Project- participatory and transdisciplinary research to initialize sustainable processes in multifunctional landscapes
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| 16.00– 16.30 |
Coffee Break |
| 16.30– 18.00 |
Poster Session
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| 19.00 |
Conference Dinner
in Rauischholzhausen (bus transfer) |
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| Thursday,
May 19, 2005 |
| 8.30 – 10.30 |
Plenary Session 3
N. Hanley, Stirling, UK
Pricing ecological services using choice modelling: examples from the Water Framework Directive and Agri-Environment schemes
A. Burrell, NL
Economic incentives for multifunctional production
A. Otte, Gießen, D
Quantifying phytodiversity in a mosaic landscape
E. Pouta, FIN
Choise of agricultural land as a recreation environment
B. Weinmann, Gießen, D
Simulating land use changes at the regional level with ProLand – The CAP reform –
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| 10.30– 11.00 |
Coffee Break |
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Session A-2 |
Session C-1 |
Session D-1 |
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11.00 - 11.20
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E. Knop,
Zürich, CH
Effectiveness of the Swiss agri-environment scheme to promote species richness
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L.Casini,
Florenz, I
Agricultural landscape function and economic evaluation: a Gis based approach
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S. Lauber,
Tänikon, CH
Spatially explicit modelling of agrarian structure, land use and biodiversity in two Swiss mountain regions
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11.20 - 11.40
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D. M. Watson,
Albury, AUS
An alternative way to study fragmentation: a resource removal experiment at the landscape scale
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H. Ahrens,
Halle-Wittenberg, D
Improving nature conservation in biosphere reserves - Suggestions based on Adaptive Conjoint Analysis and Choice Experiments
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Q. Bao Le,
Bonn, D
A spatio-temporally explicit multi-agent simulation model for land use and land cover change in Central Vietnam
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11.40 - 12.00
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G. Zurlini,
Lecce, I
Retrospective resilience of socio-ecological systems as related to spatial disturbance patterns at multiple scales
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K. Holm-Mueller,
Bonn, D
Design and development of a result-oriented payment scheme for ecological services of agriculture
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J. R. Guzmán Álvarez, Cordoba, E
A landscape model for predicting restoration of natural cover in marginal olive fields
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12.00 - 12.20
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S. Aviron,
Zürich, CH
Conserving biodiversity in cultivated landscapes: The importance of habitat management at local and landscape scales
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O. Frör,
Hohenheim, D
The applicability of the contingent valuation method in developing countries: a comparative study on Leyte, Philippines
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R. B. Matthews,
Aberdeen, UK
Towards an understanding of the transition to multifunctional landscapes: emerging modelling concepts and approaches
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12.20 - 12.40
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J. Breine,
B
A fish-based assessment for the ecological quality of the brackish Schelde estuary in Flanders (Belgium)
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U. Lehr,
Hohenheim, D
Bayesian Benefit Transfer as a tool for the valuation of the multifunctionality of landscapes
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M. Henseler,
Hohenheim, D
Introduction of ACRE: An Agro-economic production model on regional level
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| 12.45– 13.45 |
Lunch |
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Session A-3 |
Session B-2 |
Session D-2 |
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13.45 - 14.05
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S. Klimek,
Göttingen, D
Plant species richness in grasslands - Relative importance of local site conditions and landscape structure
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M Wegehenkel,
Müncheberg, D
The impact of different spatial land cover data sets on the outputs of hydrological models - a modelling exercises
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R. Jongeneel,
Wageningen, NL
Multifunctional alternatives for agriculture in changing landscapes
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14.05 - 14.25
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E.Braune,
Braunschweig, D
Dispersal of dragonflies in a dynamic landscape
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D. Legesse,
Addis Ababa, ETH
Effect of improper water and land resources utilization on the main Ethiopian rift lakes
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B. Münier,
Roskilde, DK
Changing agricultural landscapes - investigations on long term landscape development and nature amenities in Denmark
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14.25 - 14.45
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G. Jurasinski,
Bayreuth, D
Pattern and Scale Spatial heterogeneity in Semi-arid Vegetation
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M. Eisele,
Freiburg, D
Assessment of the human impact on stream flow regimes using the expert-system AHQ-IHF
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A. van Doorn,
Ė vora, P
The complex interactions between land cover and land use in a changing peripheral agricultural landscape in South East Portugal
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14.45 - 15.05
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G. Yaacobi,
IL
The effect of patchiness and landscape heterogeneity on beetle species diversity in a semi-arid agricultural region
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S. Bianchin,
Freiberg, D
A multifunctional approach to flood and nature protection in the Weisseritz catchment (Eastern Erzgebirge)
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D. van der Horst,
Birmingham, UK
Spatial heterogeneity of landscape services; exploring the implications for the design of agri-environmental schemes
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15.05 - 15.25
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K. Winkler,
Wageningen, NL
Functional biodiversity for sustainable agriculture
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M. Scholz,
Edinburgh, GB
Stormwater resource management with sustainable drainage systems
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Z. Peneze,
Riga, LV
Types of changes of land-use in Latvia in the 20th century
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| 15.30– 16.00 |
Coffee Break |
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Session B-3 |
Session C-2 |
Session E-2 |
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16.00 - 16.20
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U. Franko,
Leipzig-Halle, D
Uncertainty of land use patterns and ist effect on nitrogen leaching prediction
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A. M. Elgersma,
Aas, N
Is multifunctional land use a solution for coping with marginalisation of rural areas?
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M Sonis,
IL
Matrix Multifunctional Land Use analysis: A case study of landscape changes in Israeli Carmel Area
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16.20 - 16.40
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P. Sande,
La Coruña, E
Soil content and surface runoff losses of phosphorus at the catchment scale
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T. de Koeijer,
Wageningen, NL
The role of farm economic optimisation models in the evaluation of policies concerning nature management by farmers
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R. Sodtke,
Hamburg, D
Multiple objectives and uncertainty integrated into a knowledge-based DSS for cover crop management
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16.40 - 17.00
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F. Feichtinger,
Petzenkirchen, A
Integrated assessment of groundwater protection against nitrate pollution using environment-friendly agricultural practices
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K. Happe,
Halle (Saale), D
Agricultural policies, competition, and the provision of non-commodity outputs in Brandenburg
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B. Muys,
Leuven, B
AFFOREST sDSS: a spatial decisions support system for environmentally sound afforestation in NW Europe
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17.00 - 17.20
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K. Berkhoff,
Osnabrück, D
Nutrient modelling in an area of intensive livestock husbandry - facing the demands of the WFD
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M. Theobald,
Edinburgh, GB
Strategies for nitrogen management in a rural landscape
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J. Köppel,
Berlin, D
Multifunctional marine landscapes - Predicting and assessing impacts of offshore wind farms
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17.20 - 17.40
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B. Verhagen,
Johannesburg, ZA
South African studies suggest natural production of high rural ground water nitrate and ecological links
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K. Owens,
Enschede, NL
Managing water quantity for conflicting uses: The case of the Wierdense Veld, The Netherlands
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D. Haase,
Leipzig-Halle, D
Scenarios for urban landscape service supply under conditions of current shrinkage
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| Friday,
May 20, 2005 |
| 8.30 – 15.00 |
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Field Trip |
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