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Symposia and workshops organized by the "Specialist Group Dryland Ecology" of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland:

  

  • Workshop 2008: Plant life in Extreme and Changing Environments
    Tharandt, 31 March - 2 April 2008
    Meeting of the GfÖ specialist groups "Desert Ecology" and "Experimental Ecology"
    in cooperation with German Society of Limnology (DGL - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie)

    The meeting discussed current progress and challenges of functional plant ecology and
    related experimental ecological research on different scales from plant parts to terrestrial and
    aquatic ecosystems. The meeting focussed on drought and salt stress, temperaturetolerance,
    water logging and anaerobic stress, tolerance to acidic and alkaline water and soil, heavy metals
    and arsenic as stress factors.
    here you can find the book of abstracts (pdf, 1.6 MBytes)


  • Workshop 2008: Rangeland Ecology and Management
    Leipzig, 2.-3. February 2008
    Global climate and institutional changes are a huge challenge for sustainable use of rangelands. 
    Aim of the workshop is to bring together various disciplines dealing with rangelands in drylands
    (including Europe). Topics are e.g. rangeland ecology, biodiversity, socio-economy, human
    ecology, and sustainable management.
    here you can find the book of abstracts  (pdf, 590 kb)