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--43548104-183065999-1194406692=:7088 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Dear colleagues, I would like to invite you to the 7th workshop of the German working group = on=20 vegetation databases from 5-7 March 2008 at the University of Oldenburg! Information can be found under http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/landeco/29692.html The upcoming 7th meeting is dedicated to the links between plant trait and= =20 vegetation data bases. Trait data summarise morphological and physiological= =20 features of plant species - plot data present a detailed description of the= =20 biotic environment in which the species are found. Linking trait and plot d= ata=20 banks allows us to extract the functional features of plant communities as = well=20 as to test and refine plant functional types. The results are an important basis for detecting, assessing and predicting= =20 changes in the composition, diversity and functioning of vegetation. Applie= d=20 functional ecology helps managers to protect and restore vulnerable species= ,=20 communities and habitats, to improve land-use practices and to forecast=20 vegetation reactions to changes in climate and land-use. Best wishes --=20 Prof. Dr. J=F6rg Ewald Botanik und Vegetationskunde Botany & Vegetation Science Fachhochschule Weihenstephan University of Applied Sciences Fakult=E4t Wald und Forstwirtschaft Faculty of Forest Science and Forestry Am Hochanger 5 D-85354 Freising Germany phone ++49-8161-715909 fax ++49-8161-714526 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.fh-weihenstephan.de/fh/fakultaet/wf/professoren/ewald.html --43548104-183065999-1194406692=:7088--
