Nature Conservation: Concepts and Practice

✍ Scribed by Vasile Cristea (auth.), Dr. Dan Gafta, Dr. John Akeroyd (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 459
• Series: Environmental Science and Engineering
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

8 SHORT REVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM (“Conceptions and Methods of Nature Conservation in Europe”, Cluj-Napoca, September 16–19th, 2004) 1 1 2 Vasile CRISTEA , Dan GAFTA , John R. AKEROYD 1. “Babe -Bolyai” University, Department of Taxonomy and Ecology, Republicii str., 42, 400015 Cluj-Napoca (ROMANIA) 2. Plant Talk, Lawn Cottage, West Tisbury, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6SG, UK 1. General review of the symposium Organized by the Chair of Taxonomy and Ecology of the University „Babe -Bolyai” (Cluj-Napoca, Romania), in co-operation with the Romanian Society of Phytosociology and the International Federation of Phytosociology, this international symposium was dedicated to Prof. dr. h.c. Franco PEDROTTI th (University of Camerino, Italy), on the occasion of his 70 birthday. Drawn from four continents, the 84 participants (of whom over 50% were young people under 35 years old) represented 12 countries: Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, UK and USA, thus covering a large part of Earth’s bio-geographical regions. The opening ceremony took place in the University’s imposing Aula Magna and included two welcome speeches on behalf of the Rector and the President of the Nature Monument Committee, a Laudatio to Prof. F. Pedrotti and a short folk music recital. The symposium programme was composed of two plenary sessions, four short communication sessions (divided into two sections: A – General aspects of nature protection; B – Nature conservation in practice) and a poster session. The seven plenary lectures, presented by R. Pott (Hannover, Germany), E.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Traditions in Romanian Sozology....Pages 16-25
Jean Massart, Pionnier De La Conservation De La Nature En Belgique....Pages 26-45
The Journal Of Renzo Videsott: The “Historical Archives” Of Nature Protection in Italy in the Period 1944–1953....Pages 46-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-51
Nature and Conservation: A New, More Active Role for Universities....Pages 52-54
From the Protection of Landscape and “Natural Beauties” to the Defence of Ecosystems in Italy....Pages 55-64
Wild Plant Species Endangered Through Intensive Harvest....Pages 65-67
Peatlands Of North-Eastern Europe and their Conservation....Pages 68-73
Front Matter....Pages 74-74
Woody Formations in a Mesothermic Valley of Tarija Province, Bolivia....Pages 75-86
The Protection Of Biodiversity in Tuscany....Pages 87-89
The Reasons in Favour of Setting Up a New Natural Reserve in the Black Sea Shore Area Between North and South Eforie (ConstanţA County)....Pages 90-97
Assessment of the Vascular Flora Conservation Through Specific Indices - A Comparison Study in Central Europe....Pages 98-106
Anthropogenic Habitats Can Shelter Threatened Plants....Pages 107-115
Globally and European Threatened Plants Present in Dobrogea (South-Eastern Romania)....Pages 116-122
Biogeographical Characterization of the Bryological Flora of the “Montagna di Torricchio” Nature Reserve (Central Italy)....Pages 123-130
Five New Species for the Romanian Lichen Flora....Pages 131-136
The Ecological Role of Deadwood in Natural Forests....Pages 137-141
A Syntaxonomic Review Of Thermophilous Shrub Communities (Syringo-Carpinion Orientalis) in Sw Romania....Pages 142-168
Forest Communities Floristically Specific to Eastern Romania....Pages 169-180
Dry Grasslands of the Corhan Hill - SăBed Village (Mureş County)....Pages 181-194
Threatened Plant Communities as an Indicator of Fishponds Value: An Example from Silesia (Sw Poland)....Pages 195-198
Front Matter....Pages 74-74
The Saxon Villages Of Southern Transylvania: Conserving Biodiversity in a Historic Landscape....Pages 199-210
Biotope Types of the Treeline of the Central Greater Caucasus....Pages 211-225
The Water Reservoirs of the Confluence of the BistriþA With The Siret River (Eastern Romania) - An Important Bird Area....Pages 226-234
Conservation Of Steppe Birdlife in Italy....Pages 235-239
Front Matter....Pages 240-240
Conservation Of Deciduous Tree Species in Europe: Projecting Potential Ranges and Changes....Pages 241-253
Determinism, Chaos and Stochasticity in Plant Community Successions: Consequences for Phytosociology and Conservation Ecology....Pages 254-266
Phytosociologie Moderne Et Conservation Rationnelle De La Nature....Pages 267-272
Anatomy of the Endangered Plant Glaucium Flavum Cr., Occurring on the Romanian Black Sea Littoral....Pages 273-280
Steppe-Forest Succession as a Conservation Problem....Pages 281-288
Clonal Growth Modes in Plant Communities Along a Stress Gradient in the Central Apennines, Italy....Pages 289-308
Relationship Between Phenology and Above - Ground Phytomass in a Grassland Community in Central Italy....Pages 309-327
Evaluation of the Italian Apennine Ecosystems With Respect to Anatomical and Ethological Characteristics of the Roe Deer....Pages 328-335
Front Matter....Pages 336-336
Planeco - Planning in Ecological Networks....Pages 337-342
The cartography of landscape units in São Bento do Sapucaí - Serra da Mantiqueira (São Paulo, Brazil)....Pages 343-357
Environmental Management For Biodiversity Conservation....Pages 358-368
The Modena Botanic Garden: Plant Conservation and Habitat Management Strategies....Pages 369-379
Forest Management in Protected Areas in Italy....Pages 380-391
Traditional Management of the Rural Areas in Wallonia (Belgium)....Pages 392-400
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Effects of Irrigations on Swamp Forests Drained by Lignite Mining....Pages 402-416
Autochthony and Conservation of a Relict Population of Abies Alba Miller in the Apuan Alps Regional Park (Tuscany - Italy)....Pages 417-425
Front Matter....Pages 401-401
Dune Slacks - An Endangered Habitat in the Conflict Between Nature Conservation and Groundwater Management....Pages 426-440
On the Problems of Nature Conservation in the Desert Zone in Russia....Pages 441-443
Back Matter....Pages 444-460

✦ Subjects

Nature Conservation; Biodiversity