Ecosystem Approaches to Landscape Management in Central Europe

Tenhunen, John D, Plant Ecology, BayCEER, University of Bayreuth
Lenz, Roman,Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt, Nürtingen
Hantschel, Ralph, Capgemini Ernst and Young

XXXII, 656 p., 219 illus., Hardcover
Springer-Verlag Heidelberg ISBN: 3-540-67267-2

The challenges in ecosystem science encompass a broadening and strengthening of interdisciplinary ties, the transfer of knowledge of the ecosystem across scales, and the inclusion of anthropogenic impacts and human behavior into ecosystem, landscape, and regional models.

The volume addresses these points within the context of studies in major ecosystem types viewed as the building blocks of central European landscapes. The research is evaluated to increase the understanding of the processes in order to unite ecosystem science with resource management. The comparison embraces coastal lowland forests, associated wetlands and lakes, agricultural land use, and montane and alpine forests. Techniques for upscaling focus on process modelling at stand and landscape scales and the use of remote sensing for landscape-level model parameterization and testing. The case studies demonstrate ways for ecosystem scientists, managers, and social scientists to cooperate.

Geschrieben für:

Researchers, environmental managers

Stichworte:

• Landnutzungsänderungen
• Landschaftsökologie
• Ressourcen Management
• Waldökosysteme