Ecosystem Approaches to Landscape Management in Central Europe

• 1 Relating Ecosystem Studies to the Management of Resources in Central Europe: A Problem of Complexity, Scales and Communication.- 2 A Historical Perspective on the Development of Ecosystem and Landscape Research in Germany.- 3 Conceptual Framework of the Bornhöved Lake District Research.- 4 Spatial Heterogeneity in Forest Soils and Understory Communities of the Bornhöved Lake District.- 5 The Carbon Cycle of Contrasting Landscape Elements of the Bornhöved Lake District.- 6 Nitrogen Retention and Loss from Ecosystems of the Bornhöved Lake District.- 7 Spatial and Temporal Variability of Limnological Processes.- 8 Sustainable Landscape Management in the Börnhoved Lake District.- 9 Adapting Land Use To Promote Sustainable Agricultural Management: A Model Project at the Scheyern Experimental Farm of FAM.- 10 The Scheyern Experimental Farm: Research Methods, the Farming System and Definition of the Framework of Site Properties and Characteristics.- 11 Site Effects on the Variability of Crop Growth at the Scheyern Experimental Farm.- 12 Site Effects on Plant and Animal Distribution at the Scheyern Experimental Farm.- 13 Site Effects on the Variability of Nitrogen Turnover at the Scheyern Experimental Farm.- 14 Modelling Seasonal Dynamics of Matter Transport and Cycling from Patch to Landscape: Extrapolating from the Scheyern Experimental Farm.- 15 Ecological and Economic Evaluations of Agricultural Land Use — Experiences from the Scheyern Experimental Farm.- 16 Interdisciplinary and Multifunctional Approaches for Ensuring Sustainable Use of Northeast German Agro-landscapes.- 17 Spatially Distributed Simulation of Evapotranspiration, Soil Water Dynamics, and Groundwater Recharge in Northeast German Agro-landscapes.- 18 “Potholes” in Northeast GermanAgro-landscapes: Functions, Land Use Impacts, and Protection Strategies.- 19 Assessing the Impact of Land Use Intensity and Climate Change on Ontogenesis, Biomass Production, and Yield of Northeast German Agro-landscapes.- 20 A Model To Assess the Effects of Land Use Changes on Nitrogen Leaching in Northeast German Agro-landscapes.- 21 Effects of Patterning on Biodiversity in Northeast German Agro-landscapes.- 22 Land Use Change and Habitat Quality in Northeast German Agro-landscapes.- 23 Future Land Use Planning in Northeast German Agro-landscapes.- 24 Assessing Environmental Influences on Ecological Function of a Spruce Forest Catchment in the Fichtelgebirge.- 25 Controls on Evapotranspiration in a Spruce Forest Catchment of the Fichtelgebirge.- 26 Modelling of Fluxes in a Spruce Forest Catchment of the Fichtelgebirge.- 27 Biogeochemistry of a Spruce Forest Catchment of the Fichtelgebirge in Response to Changing Atmospheric Deposition.- 28 Generalizing from a Spruce Forest Catchment of the Fichtelgebirge: Expected Responses of Montane Forests to Environmental Change.- 29 Changes in Forest Ecosystem Function with Succession in the Lüneburger Heide.- 30 Future Development of Landscapes in Marginal Agrarian Regions of Central Europe: Long-term Effects of Land Use on the Water Balance.- 31 Remote Sensing, GIS and Modelling: Assessing Spatially Distributed Water, Carbon, and Nutrient Balances in the Ammer River Catchment in Southern Bavaria.- 32 Ecosystem Science Contributions and the Implementation of an Ecologically Based Landscape Management in Central Europe.- Appendix: Color Illustrations.

"... a highly valuable book, teaching us more about the ecological functioning of ecosystems in the landscape framework." (Folia Geobotanica, Journal of Plant Ecology and Systematics)