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Abstracts
| Ref. No. | Topic No. | Title | Author(s) | Congress topic | Type |
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| Oral presentations |
| Observation System |
| 544 | 1.1 | Land cover and land use change assessments in BIOTA - in the framework of vegetation diversity mapping, Global Change in Africa and future perspectives | Landmann, T.(1); Keil, M.(2); Sabellek, K.(3); Hüttich, C.(1); Gessner, U.(1); Le, B.(4); Schmidt, M.(1,2); Schaab, G.(5); Lung, T. (5);Weber, B. (8); Lieckfeld, L.(2); Oldeland, J.(6); Sommer, H.(3); Wegmann, M.(1); Vlek, P.L.G.(4); Yao, N.(1); Dech, S.(1,2); Strohbach, B.(7); Jürgens, N.(6) | Observation System | Oral |
| 553 | 1.2 | Spatial pattern analysis across Africa for a better understanding of biodiversity patterns using remote sensing. | Wegmann, M.(1); Magidi, J.(2); Lung, T.(3); Schaab, G.(3); Krug, C.(7); Knight, J.(2); Sommer, J.H.(4); Sabellek, K.(4); Fahr, J.(5); Herkt, M.(5); Barnikel, G.(5); Penner, J.(6); Rödel, M.-O.(6); Keil, M.(8); Landmann, T.(1); Schmidt, M.(8) | Observation System | Oral |
| 604 | 1.3 | Using Remote Sensing And Expert Knowledge To Map Landscape-Level Land Degradation In South Africa And Namibia | Wistebaar, N.(1); Hoffman, T.(2); Desmet, P.(3); Rouget, M.(1); Jonas, Z.(1); Lieckfeld, L.(4); Gessner, U.(5) | Observation System | Oral |
| 527 | 1.4 | Opportunities, challenges and limitations of species distribution models: Implications for decision-making in support of biodiversity conservation and sustainable land use | Herkt, K.M.B.(1); Barnikel, G.(1); Fahr, J.(1); Finckh, M.(4); García Marquez, J.R.(2); König, K.(3); Oldeland, J.(4); Penner, J.(5); Rödel. M.-O.(5); Schmidt, M.(3); Sommer, J. H.(2); Wegmann, M.(6) | Observation System | Oral |
| 654 | 1.5 | Environmental History Land use and climatic impacts on the vegetation of the western part of southern Africa over the last 200 years | Hoffman, T.(1); Rohde, R.(2); Jürgens, N.(3) | Observation System | Oral |
| 675 | 1.6 | Standardised Biodiversity Observatories – results and future challenges | Jürgens, N.; Augustin, Büdel, Deutschewitz, Dojani, Donaldson, Esler, Finckh, Goetze, Hahn-Hadjali, Kongor, Koulibali, Fischer, Petersen, Porembski, Rambold, G.; Schmidt, Schmiedel, Sinsin, Strohbach, Thiombiano, Wägele, Weber, Zedda, Zizka | Observation System | Oral |
| 623 | 1.7 | Regional Climate simulations for the BIOTA South region - model performance and first results of future climate projections | Hänsler, A.; Hagemann, S.; Jacob, D. | Observation System | Oral |
| 575 | 1.8 | Observation of abiotic site properties: Results for biodiversity and implications for monitoring | Petersen, A.(1); Gröngröft, A.(1); Schmiedel, U.(2); Jürgens, N.(2) | Observation System | Oral |
| 521 | 1.9 | Rapid species identification - future tools for large scale monitoring | Oyieke, H.(1); Wägele, J.W.(2) | Observation System | Oral |
| Process Analysis |
| 538 | 2.1 | Drivers and function of soil diversity in savannas and tropical forests | Dalitz, H.(1); Fey, M.(2); Gliniars, R.(1); Graiff, A.(4); Gröngröft, A.(3); Grohmann, C.(4); Herpel, N.(3); Kaiser, D.(4); Linsenmair, K.E.(4); Mills, A.(2); Musila, W.(1,5); Oesker, M.(1); Petersen, A.(3); Siegle, M.(4); Todt, H.(1) | Process Analysis | Oral |
| 552 | 2.2 | Mechanisms of vegetation change: ecological transition zones sensitive to global change in South and West Africa | Shiponeni, N.(1); Goetze, D.(2); Hennenberg, K.J.(2); Kersting, P.(3); Allsopp, N.(4); Carrick, P.J.(1); Porembski, S.(2); Hoffman, M.T.(1) | Process Analysis | Oral |
| 572 | 2.3 | From land use to vegetation and biodiversity changes – linking models and data. | Blaum, N.(1); Rossmanith, E.(1); Lohmann, D.(1); Meyfarth, S.(1); Schwager, M.(2); Domptail, S.(3); Nuppenau, E.-A.(3); Geßner, U.(4); Keil, M.(4); Gröngröft, A.(5); Jeltsch, F.(1) | Process Analysis | Oral |
| 638 | 2.4 | The influence of land use change on the distribution of plant species in North and West African dry lands. | Koenig, K.(1); Thiombiano, A.(2); Hahn-Hadjali, K.(1); Schmidt, M.(1); Wittig, R.(1); Augustin, A.(3); Finckh, M.(3); Agbani, P.(4); Agonyssa, D.(4); Sinsin, B.(4) | Process Analysis | Oral |
| 528 | 2.5 | Effects of forest fragmentation and disturbance on biodiversity and ecosystem functions in an African rainforest | Schleuning, M.(1); Farwig, N.(1); Althof, A.(2); Berens, D.(1); Bergsdorf, T.(3); Bleher, B.(1); Brenner, A.(3); Dalitz, H.(4); Fischer, E.(2); Fischer, G.(3); Freund, W.(3); Gikungu, M.W.(5); Gliniars, R.(4); Hagen, M.(5); Hita Garcia, F.(3); Kaib, M.(6); Kirika, J.M.(1); Kraemer, M.(5); Kraus, T. (7); Kühne, L.(3); Lung, T.(7); Malombe, I.(2); Mitchell, N.(7); Musila, W.(4); Peters, M.K.(3); Schaab, G.(7); Theisen, I.(2); Todt, H.(4); Uster, D. (4); Wägele, J.W.(3); Yeshitela, K.(2); Böhning-Gaese, K.(1) | Process Analysis | Oral |
| 545 | 2.6 | From field findings on biodiversity to landscape-scale distributions and change over time – Ants and birds in Kakamega Forest | Lung, T.(1); Peters, M.K.(2); Farwig, N.(3); Sajita, N.(3); Böhning-Gaese, K.(3); Schaab, G.(1) | Process Analysis | Oral |
| 622 | 2.7 | Fragmented landscape management: Integrating and implementing ecological research across taxa and scales | Krug, C.B.(1); Cabral, J.(2); Esler, K.J.(3); Grant, P.B.C.(3); Horn, A.(3); Heelemann, S.(4); Kieck, M.B.(3); Kongor, R.Y.(3); Meyer, J.(5); Vrdoljak, S.(3); Reisch, C.(4); Samways, M.J.(3); Schurr, F.(2); Sharma, G.P.(3); Poschlod, P.(4) | Process Analysis | Oral |
| 619 | 2.8 | Effects of experimental climate manipulations on soil and vegetation dynamics in the South African succulent karoo biome | Musil, C.F.; Nyaga, J.; Matimati, I. | Process Analysis | Oral |
| 536 | 2.9 | Monitoring of biophysical and climatologically drivers and the impact of Climate Change on ecosystem functions in West Africa | Falk, U.; Landmann, T.; Kunstmann, Harald; Szarzynski, J.; Schmidt, M. | Process Analysis | Oral |
| 537 | 2.10 | Impact of climate change on plant and bird diversity in Africa | Barthlott, W.(1); Böhning-Gaese, K.(2); Field, R.(3); Finckh, M.(5); Heyder, U.(4); Kissling, W.D.(2); Korntheuer, H.(2); Oldeland, J.(5); Sabellek, K.(1); Sommer, J.H.(1) | Process Analysis | Oral |
| 542 | 2.11 | Summary and vision: Understanding and modelling ecosystem processes and functions: current state and future challenges | Jeltsch, F.(1); Boehning-Gaese, K.(2); Sommer, H.(3); Blaum, N.(1); Rossmanith, E.(1); Tietjen, B.(1); Meyfarth, S.(1); Groengroeft, A.(4); Simmons, R.(5); Lohmann, D.(1) et al. | Process Analysis | Oral |
| Land use, impact and value |
| 540 | 3.1 | Land use and climate changes in West Africa: dynamics of forest and savanna vegetation | Goetze, D.(1); Hennenberg, K.J.(1); Koulibaly, A.(2); Orthmann, B.(1); Schöngart, J.(3); Sinsin, B.(4); Traoré, D.(2); Worbes, M.(5); Porembski, S.(1) | Land use, impact and value | Oral |
| 525 | 3.2 | Mountains, mining, and threatened species – a deadly cocktail for the long-term conservation of a global biodiversity hotspot | Fahr, J.(1); Barnikel, G.(1); García-Márquez, J.R.(2); Hillers, A.(3); Kalko, E.K.V.(1); Penner, J.(4); Schmidt, M.(5); Sommer, J.H.(2); Wegmann, M.(5); Rödel, M.-O.(4) | Land use, impact and value | Oral |
| 543 | 3.3 | Species interactions and ecosystem services: land use, seed dispersal and vegetation dynamics | Kalko, E.K.V.(1); Berens, D.G.(2); Böhning-Gaese, K.(2); Djossa, B.A.(3), Eshiamwata, G.W.(4); Fahr, J.(1); Farwig, N.(2); Kirika, J.M.(4); Schleuning, M.(2); Ebigbo, N.(1); Sinsin, B.(3) | Land use, impact and value | Oral |
| 556 | 3.4 | The bee diversity of Kakamega Forest: Influence of habitat fragmentation and succession | Gikungu, M.(1); Hagen, M.(2); Hasenbein, N.(2); Kraemer, M.(2) | Land use, impact and value | Oral |
| 605 | 3.5 | Influence of habitat degradation on African ant and termite communities | Peters, M.K.(1); Brandl, R.(2); Fischer, G.(1); Grohmann, C.(3); Hausberger, B.(4); Hita Garcia, F.(1); Kagezi, G.(5); Kaib, M.(6); Kaiser, D.(3); Konaté, S.(7); Korb, J.(4); Linsenmair, K.E.(3); Reichmann, S.(4); Wägele, W.(1) | Land use, impact and value | Oral |
| 573 | 3.6 | Deforestation and biodiversity-loss due to cultivation? An interdisciplinary analysis in North-East Namibia | Falk, T.(3); Gröngröft, A.(1); Hecht, J.(3); Hinz, M.(4); Kangombe, F.(5); Keil, M.(6); Petersen, A.(1); Pröpper, M.(2); Strohbach, B.(5); Wisch, U.(1) | Land use, impact and value | Oral |
| 630 | 3.7 | Cost-benefit analysis of different management approaches of Kakamega Forest in Kenya | Guthiga, P. (1) Holm-Mueller, K. (2) Mburu, John (3) Kasina, J (4), Kramer, M (5) | Land use, impact and value | Oral |
| 637 | 3.8 | Spatiotemporal availability and management obstacles of pastoral ressources in the transhumance system of the Mgoun region, Southern Morocco. | Yessef, M.(1); Finckh, M.(2); Augustin, A.(2); Akasbi, Z.(2) | Land use, impact and value | Oral |
| 636 | 3.9 | Species interactions and population patterns of Moroccan steppe vegetation under grazing pressure and under exclusion of land use. | Augustin, A.; Finckh, M. | Land use, impact and value | Oral |
| 602 | 3.10 | Applying Bio-Economic Models and Trust Games for Rangeland Management and Conservation under uncertainty | Domptail, S.(1); Prediger, S.(2); Vollan, B.(2,5); Kirk, M.(2); Nuppenau, E.-A.(1); Popp, A.(3,6); Pröpper, M.(4) | Land use, impact and value | Oral |
| 671 | 3.11 | The road ahead / Thoughts and contributions from all | Hoffman, M.T. | Land use, impact and value | Oral |
| Interventions |
| 546 | 4.1 | Cross-taxon patterns of biodiversity, land cover, and protected areas in West Africa | García Márquez, J.R.(1); Barnikel, G.(2); Barthlott, W.(1); Da, S.(1); Dressler, S.(3); Fahr, J.(2); Herkt, M.(2); Janssen, T.(3); Kalko, E.(2); König, K.(3); Landmann, T.(4); Linsenmair, K.E.(5); Penner, J.(6); Rödel, M.O.(6); Schmidt, M.(3); Schmidt, M.(4); Sommer, J.H.(1); Thiombiano, A.(7); Wegmann, M.(4); Zizka, G.(3) | Interventions | Oral |
| 574 | 4.2 | Restoration of degraded soils in Burkina Faso | Ouédraogo, A.(1); Hahn-Hadjali, K.(2); Kaiser, D.(3); Konaté, S.(4); Linsenmair, K.E.(3); Soulama, S.(1); Thiombiano, A.(1) | Interventions | Oral |
| 549 | 4.3 | BIOTA involvement in the participatory forest management of Kakamega Forest, aiming at a zonation map | Mitchell, N.(1); Fischer, E.(2); Freund, W.(3); Gaesing, K.(4); Hagen, M.(5); Kraemer, M.(5); Oesker, M.(6); Peters, M.K.(3); Wägele, J.W.(3); Wünscher, T.(7); Schaab, G.(1) | Interventions | Oral |
| 550 | 4.4 | Tools developed for use in biodiversity research and management related to East African rainforests | Schaab, G.(1); Böhning-Gaese, K.(2); Dalitz, H.(3); Fischer, E.(4); Freund, W.(5); Gaesing, K.(6); Holstein, J.(7); Kraemer, M.(8); Lampe, K.-H.(5); Mussgnug, F.(9); Peters, M.(5); Rietdorf, U.(10) | Interventions | Oral |
| 554 | 4.5 | Participatory research with some Namibian farmers to improve ecological functioning | Zimmermann, I.(1); Shamathe, K.(1); Pringle, H.J.R.(2); Tjilumbu, L.(1); Liyemo, A.(1); Muheua, S.T.(1); Kauatjirue, J.(1) | Interventions | Oral |
| 526 | 4.6 | From Science to Action: the Implementation of “Locally Protected Areas” (LPAs) for Biodiversity Conservation | Hahn-Hadjali, K.(1); Wieckhorst, A.(2); Sinsin, B.(3); Thiombiano, A.(4) | Interventions | Oral |
| 571 | 4.7 | Approaches to reconcile biodiversity conservation with the need to improve rural livelihoods | Becker, M.(1); Gaesing, K.(2); Kappel, R.(3); Mussgnug, F.(4); Rietdorf, U.(5); Schmidt-Kallert, E.(6); Wünscher, T.(7) | Interventions | Oral |
| 598 | 4.8 | Institutions and Policies for Better Management of Natural Resources in Namibia | Domptail, S.(1); Falk, T.(2); Hinz, M.(3); Kirk, M. (1,2); Popp, A.(4); Unanivi, V.(3); Muhongo, M.H.(3); Namwoonde, E.(3); Mapaure, C.(3) | Interventions | Oral |
| 609 | 4.9 | Developing a decision support system for the management of semi-arid savannas in Namibia (progress and lessons learnt). | Joubert, D.F.; Zimmermann, I.; Fendler, J.; Winschiers, H. | Interventions | Oral |
| 599 | 4.10 | Ecosystem services, landscapes and concepts for biodiversity protection: A “Pan-African” policy perspective | Falk, T.(1); Gaesing, K.(2); Goetze, D.(3); Hahn-Hadjali, K.(4); Kirk, M.(1); Nuppenau, E.-A.(5); Rietdorf, U.(6); Schareika, N.(7); Schmid-Kallert, E.(2); Wünscher, T.(8) | Interventions | Oral |
| Capacity development |
| 634 | 5.1 | Capacity development and knowledge exchange in BIOTA Africa: a capacity to build capacity project. | Sinsin, B. | Capacity development | Oral |
| 621 | 5.2 | Passing on biodiversity data to decision makers and the public for sustainable land use planning and education. Examples from Morocco and West Africa. | Kampmann, D.(1); Koenig, K.(1); Finckh, M.(2) | Capacity development | Oral |
| 658 | 5.3 | Creating enabling frame conditions for land user –scientist communication | Koelle, B.(1); Kotze, D.(1) | Capacity development | Oral |
| 600 | 5.4 | Researcher-land user linkage: The para-ecologists in BIOTA AFRICA | Schmiedel, U.(1); Christiaan, R.(2); Dausas, M.(2); Isaacks, R.(2); Kooitjie, A.(2); Kotze, D.(2); Lot, J.(2); Mukuya, R.(2); Pieters, W.(2); Todt, H.(3); Dalitz, H.(3); Analo, C.(4) | Capacity development | Oral |
| 539 | 5.5 | Paving the road for pollinator conservation in Kenya | Kinuthia, W. (1); Gikungu, M. (1); Hagen, M. (2); Kraemer, M. (2) | Capacity development | Oral |
| 631 | 5.6 | The Zaï system: A West African traditional soil restoration system based on termite activity | Kaiser, D.(2); Konaté, S.(1); Linsenmair, E. K.(2) | Capacity development | Oral |
| 603 | 5.7 | Awareness raising film project on illegal logging in Northern Namibia | Mukuya, R.(1); Pröpper, M.(2) | Capacity development | Oral |
| 633 | 5.8 | Biodiversity data nodes – digitization and integration of biodiversity data | Schmidt, M. (1, 2); Thiombiano, A. (3); Dressler, S. (1, 2); Finck, M. (7); Janssen, T. (1); Jürgens, N. (7); Khayota, B. (6); Konaté, S. (5); Muche, G. (7); Schmiedel, U. (7); Sinsin, B. (4); Zizka, G.(1, 2)
| Capacity development | Oral |
| 674 | 5.9 | BIOTA AFRICA biodiversity data nodes in Germany | Muche, G.(1) | Capacity development | Oral |
| 632 | 5.10 | Transdisciplinary Approaches in Documentation of Biodiversity | Lampe, K.H. | Capacity development | Oral |
| 673 | 5.11 | Capacity development and data centers: Conclusions and visions | Khayota, B.(1); Lampe, K.-H.(2) | Capacity development | Oral |
| Coffee project |
| 507 | 6.1 | CoCE - Conservation and use of the wild populations of Coffea arabica in the montane rainforests of Ethiopia | Denich, M.(1); Gole, T.W.(2); Gatzweiler, F.(1); Balcha, G.(3); Vlek, P.L.G.(1) | Coffee project | Oral |
| 508 | 6.2 | Genetic diversity of wild coffee and its implications for conservation | Tesfaye, K.(1); Senbeta, F.(2); Oljira, T.(3); Balemi, S.(4); Govers, K.(5); Bekele, E.(1); Borsch, T.(5) | Coffee project | Oral |
| 509 | 6.3 | Ecophysiology and Quality of Wild Arabica Coffee from Afromontane Rainforests of Ethiopia and their Relationships with Environmental Conditions | Yadessa, A.(1); Beining, A.(1);Kufa, T.(3); Goldbach, H.(2); Fetene, M.(4); Burkhardt, J.(2) | Coffee project | Oral |
| 510 | 6.4 | Using the economic value of forest coffee for forest conservation. | Stellmacher, T.(1); Gatzweiler, F.W.(1); Haile, A.(2); Seyoum, A.(1) | Coffee project | Oral |
| 511 | 6.5 | Contributions of the Ethiopian Coffee Forest Forum to the conservation of coffee forests in Ethiopia. | Gole, T.W.(1); Senbeta, F.(1); Moll, P.(2); Zander, U.(3); Gatzweiler, F.(4); Denich, M.(4); Kelbessa, E.(5); Adugna, G.(6); Dalle, G.(7); Hedden-Dunkhorst, B.(8) | Coffee project | Oral |
| Microbiology |
| 518 | 7.1 | Functional diversity and impact of mostly novel nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with wild plants and crops from Northern regions of Namibia | Burbano, C.; Bahulikar, R.; Demba-Diallo, M.; Hurek, T.; Reinhold-Hurek, B. | Microbiology | Oral |
| 516 | 7.2 | The diversity and activity of bacterial communities in Namibian semiarid savanna soils – anthropogenic determinants and feedback loops | Zul, D.(1,2); Fösel, B.U.(1); Romann, E.(1); Mayer, M.(1); Overmann, J.(1) | Microbiology | Oral |
| 517 | 7.3 | Diversity of Acidobacteria in Namibian soils and novel methodological developments in microbial ecology | Pester, M.(1); Rappl, K.(2); Starke, I.(1); Baranyi, C.(1); Wagner, M.(1); Ludwig, W.(2); Loy, A.(1) | Microbiology | Oral |
| 515 | 7.4 | Impact of land use and soil properties in the Kavango-region of Northern Namibia on N2O emissions and denitrifier communities | Hannig, M.(1); Gröngröft, A.(2); Conrad, R.(1); Braker, G.(1) | Microbiology | Oral |
| Congo project |
| 519 | 8.1 | Medicinal plant use for biodiversity conservation: From tradition to modern application | Muganza, M.(1,2); Mato, B.(2,3); Bikandu, B.(2); Lassa, T.(2); Lukoki, F.(3); Fruth, B.(2) | Congo project | Oral |
| Poster |
| Observation System |
| 534 | - | Assessment and spatial pattern analysis of soil lichens along the BIOTA Southern Africa transect | Zedda, L.(1,2); Kong, S.-M.(1); Rambold, G.(1) | Observation System | Poster |
| 541 | - | Plant-Pollinator Networks in an Agriculture-Forest Mosaic and how to conserve them | Hagen, M.(1); Gikungu, M.(2); Kraemer, M.(1) | Observation System | Poster |
| 555 | - | Changes in vegetation cover in Namibian Savannas as retrieved by remote sensing and its relationship to precipitation and land use | Gessner, U.(1); Hüttich, C.(1); Keil, M.(2); Schmidt, M.(2) | Observation System | Poster |
| 559 | - | Vegetation Type Mapping in North-Eastern Namibia based on Botanical Assessments and Multi-scale Satellite Observations | Hüttich, Ch.(1); Gessner, U.(1); Keil, M.(2); Schmidt, M.(2); Strohbach, B.(3) | Observation System | Poster |
| 562 | - | Satellite remote sensing for biodiversity - as part of the BIOTA project in West Africa | Landmann, T.(1); Wegmann, M.(1); Fahr, J.(2); Schmidt, M.(1,3); Dech, S. (1,3) | Observation System | Poster |
| 563 | - | Modelling spatial pattern of biodiversity using imaging spectroscopy | Lieckfeld, L.(1); Oldeland, J.(2) | Observation System | Poster |
| 568 | - | Remote sensing based determination of the percentage tree cover for biodiversity assessments in West Africa | Schramm, M.(1); Machwitz, M.(1); Landmann, T.(1); Schmidt, M.(1,2); Conrad, C.(1); König, K.(3); Dech, S.(1,2) | Observation System | Poster |
| 582 | - | Checklist of the Flora of Burkina Faso - Out soon. | Dressler, S.(1,2); Schmidt, M.(1,2); Thiombiano, A.(3); Hahn-Hadjali, K.(2); Guinko, S.(3); Zizka, G.(1,2) | Observation System | Poster |
| 601 | - | Reconstruction of migration pathways of plants adapted to semiarid to arid regions in Southern Africa using molecular markers | Jürgens, N.; Oncken, I.; Rudolph, B. | Observation System | Poster |
| 608 | - | The ant diversity of a Congo-Guinean rain forest in western Kenya | Hita Garcia, F.; Fischer, G.; Peters, M.K. | Observation System | Poster |
| 614 | - | Fire distribution in West African Savannas using satellite data | Yao, A.N.(1,2); Landmann, T.(1,2); Schmidt, M.(1,2); Konaté, S.(3); Dech, S.(1); Linsenmair, K.E.(4) | Observation System | Poster |
| 627 | - | Acoustic assessment of insect fauna in fragmented and natural areas | Grant, P.B.C.(1); Samways, M.J.(2) | Observation System | Poster |
| 629 | - | Foliicolous lichens as bioindicators for different forest types in Kakamega Forest | Yeshitela, K.(1); Killmann, D.(1); Sérusiaux, E.(2); Fischer, E.(1) | Observation System | Poster |
| 644 | - | Variation of Lepidoptera biodiversity along an aridity gradient in central Namibia | Mey, W. | Observation System | Poster |
| 645 | - | Identification books for selected Insect groups | Mey, W.; Deckert, J.; Koch, F. | Observation System | Poster |
| 647 | - | Biodiversity Monitoring in Europe: The EU FP7 EBONE project European Biodiversity Observation NEtwork | Vogel, M.(1); Jongman, R.(2) | Observation System | Poster |
| 650 | - | Gradients of species diversity on the Saharan fringe in Southern Morocco | Finckh, M., Oldeland, J.; Augustin, A. | Observation System | Poster |
| 664 | - | Cultural biodiversity knowledge – uses and impact | Lang, H.; Limpricht, C.; Linke, T.; Naumann, C.; Pröpper, M.; Schnegg, M. | Observation System | Poster |
| 665 | - | Demography and biodiversity | Lang, H.; Limpricht, C.; Linke, T.; Naumann, C.; Pröpper, M. | Observation System | Poster |
| 666 | - | Biodiversity research: The holistic approach in anthropology | Lang, H.; Limpricht, C.; Linke, T.; Naumann, C.; Pröpper, M.; Schnegg, M. | Observation System | Poster |
| 670 | - | A 27 year-old observatory in the Sahel savanna of N Senegal - design, present results, chances and limitations for long-term biodiversity monitoring | Miehe, S.(1); Kluge, J.(2); Culmsee, H.(2) | Observation System | Poster |
| Process Analysis |
| 529 | - | Genetic structure of two demographic stages of the animal-dispersed tree Prunus africana | Berens, D.G.; Braun, C.; Griebeler, E.M.; Böhning-Gaese, K. | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 531 | - | Predicting Tropical Bird Diversity in Response to Climate Change: Are Woody Plants a Lag Factor? | Kissling, W.D.(1); Field, R.(2); Korntheuer, H.(1); Heyder, U.(3); Böhning-Gaese, K.(1) | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 535 | - | Soil features influencing lichen diversity at the BIOTA observatories in Namibia | Zedda, L.(1,2); Gröngröft, A.(3); Petersen, A.(3); Miehlich, G.(3); Kong, S.-M.(1); Rambold, G.(1) | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 557 | - | Tree growth monitoring, a way of detecting the response of trees to climate change, and an African Tree Growth Network (ATGN) as a vision for the future | Gliniars, R.(1); Becker, S.(1); Musila, W.(1,2); Oesker, M.(1); Todt, H.(1); Dalitz, H.(1); | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 558 | - | Multi-scale distribution patterns of termite mounds in central Namibia - implications for ecosystem functioning | Grohmann, C.(1); Oldeland, J.(2); Petersen, A.(3); Gröngröft, A.(3); Linsenmair, K.E.(1) | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 566 | - | Climate reconstruction using climate–growth relationships of tropical tree species in West Africa | Orthmann, B.(1); Schöngart, J.(2); Hennenberg, K.J.(1); Worbes, M.(3); Sinsin, B.(4); Porembski, S.(1) | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 576 | - | A conceptual state-and-transition model of vegetation change in the Highland Savanna: how well does the data fit it thus far? | Joubert, D.F.(1); Smit, G.N.(2) | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 577 | - | Dynamical linkage of ecological and economic models of Namibian commercial rangelands: assessing land use impacts and identifying sustainable land use strategies | Lohmann, D.(1); Blaum, N.(1); Domptail, S.(2); Popp, A.(3); Rossmanith, E.(1); Jeltsch, F.(1) | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 579 | - | Mechanistic distribution models for Fynbos Proteaceae and their use for conservation management | Cabral, J.S.; Schurr, F. | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 580 | - | Climate change impacts on shrub encroachment: a simulation study of the coupled dynamics of water and vegetation in drylands | Tietjen, B.(1); Zehe, E.(2); Jeltsch, F.(1) | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 581 | - | Upscaling hydrological processes in a Namibian savanna | Wieczorek, M.; Tietjen, B.; Blaum, N.; Jeltsch, F.; Rossmanith, E. | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 584 | - | A generic savanna model for modelling vegetation dynamics | Meyfarth, S.(1); Tietjen, B.(1); Strohbach, M.(2); Wesuls, D.(3); Gröngröft, A.(4); Rossmanith, E.(1); Blaum, N.(1); Jeltsch F.(1) | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 588 | - | Small-scale vegetation-dynamics on different soils on the Etjo Erosion plains | Strohbach, M.; Van Rooyen, G. | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 589 | - | Plant Functional Types of vegetation and their distribution over time and space on the Etjo Erosion Plains | Strohbach, M.; Van Rooyen, G. | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 592 | - | Combining Plant Functional Types and Landscape Functional Analysis - possible new tool for rangeland managers? | Strohbach, M.; Van Rooyen, G. | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 595 | - | Rangeland degradation in arid savannas. Consequences for animal diversity | Blaum, N.(1); Rossmanith, E.(1); Seymour, C.(2); Wasiolka, B.(1); Meyer, J.(3); Jeltsch, F.(1) | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 596 | - | Understanding mechanisms and processes of possible climate and land use changes on species diversity: The BIOTA Kalahari Biodiversity Simulator KBioSim© -an educational and management tool | Blaum, N.(1); Schwager, M.(2); Rossmanith, E.(1); Tews, J.(3); Wichmann, M.C.(4); Jeltsch, F.(1) | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 597 | - | Towards a sustainable use of the devil’s claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) - results from a simulation model | Schütze, S.(1); Blaum, N.(1); Tietjen, B.(1); Strohbach, M.(2); Rossmanith, E.(1); Jeltsch, F.(1) | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 607 | - | Over-utilisation of communal farmland: effects on the soil seed bank and limitations for veld regeneration | Dreber, N. | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 612 | - | Functional classification of vegetation as an instrument to detect indicators for rangeland degradation | Wesuls, D.; Dreber, N.; Oldeland, J. | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 620 | - | Spatial heterogeneity of abiotic factors - affecting species diversity in Kakamega Forest | Todt, H.(1); Gliniars, R.(1); Musila, W.(1,2); Oesker, M.(1); Dalitz, H.(1) | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 649 | - | Alteration of species interactions and spatial patterns under exclosure conditions in Moroccan steppes. | Augustin, A.; Finckh, M. | Process Analysis | Poster |
| 668 | - | Fish diversity of the Pendjari National Park | Moritz, T. (1); Linsenmair, K.E. (1) | Process Analysis | Poster |
| Land use, impact and value |
| 532 | - | Why and How to Conserve Kakamega Forest – a Synthesis of E13 Phase II+III | Wünscher, T. | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 548 | - | Pesticide residues in soil, water and crops resulting from cash crop cultivation in Benin and Burkina Faso | Bonzi-Coulibaly, Y.(1); Tapsoba, H.(1); Stechert, C.(2); Kolb, M.(2); Bahadir, M.(2); | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 560 | - | Termites as key elements in soil restoration (Zaï system, Burkina Faso) | Kaiser, D.(1); Konaté, S.(2); Linsenmair, K.E.(1) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 561 | - | Utilisation, loss and conservation of plant diversity in cacao plantation areas: case studies from central Côte d'Ivoire (Lamto Reserve and Oumé area) | Konan, D.(1); Piba, S.C.(1); Koulibaly, A.(1); Kouamé, N’G.F.(1); Goetze, D.(2); Traoré, D.(1); Porembski, S.(2) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 564 | - | Object-based analysis for imagery of the farmland surrounding Kakamega Forest for socio-economic planning scenarios | Lübker, T.; Schaab, G. | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 565 | - | Exploring the disturbance of East African rainforests using three spatially explicit indices | Mitchell, N.; Schaab, G. | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 569 | - | Pesticide residues in non-target organisms - a consequence of land use change in West Africa? | Stechert, C.(1); Kolb, M.(1); Djossa, B.(2); Nago, G.A.(2); Sinsin, B.(2); Rödel, M.-O.(3); Fahr, J.(4); Kalko, E. (4); Reichmann, S.(5); Korb, J.(5); Bahadir, M.(1) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 578 | - | Rural water supply in Namibia: effects on natural resource management and livelihoods | Bock, B.; Falk, T.; Kirk, M. | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 583 | - | Patterns of biodiversity and land use impact in Soebatsfontein, a biodiversity hotspot in South Africa | Falk, T.(1); Gröngröft, A.(2); Herpel, N.(2); Linke, T.(3); Petersen, A.(2); Schmiedel, U.(4); Vollan, B.(1); Weber, B.(5); Zedda, L.(6) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 585 | - | The role of animal-mediated seed removal/ dispersal for shrub encroachment during a drought in a Namibian highland savannah. | Osterried, K.; Wasiolka, B.; Rossmanith, E.; Jeltsch, F.; Blaum, N. | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 587 | - | Farm typology, nutrient balances and soil fertility management in agricultural systems of Kakamega | Mussgnug, F.; Diwani, T., Ngome, F.; Becker, M. | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 591 | - | Forest Management in North-East Namibia: An interdisciplinary Analysis | Pröpper, M.(1); Falk, T.(2); Hinz, M.(3); Mapaure, C.(3) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 594 | - | Behavioral responses of the Spotted Sand Lizard Pedioplanis l. lineoocellata to grazing induced degradation | Wasiolka, B.(1); Henschel, J.(2); Blaum, N.(1); Jeltsch, F.(1) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 606 | - | Scientific and farmer perception of the great diversity of veld types in arid southern Namibia | Domptail, S.(1); Dreber, N.(2); Petersen, A.(3) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 610 | - | Land use changes in the Sandveld Region, West Coast South Africa | Magidi, J.T.(1); Knight, R.S.(1); Krug, C.B.(2); Keil, M.(3); Gessner, U.(4); Hüttich, Ch.(4) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 613 | - | Socioeconomic and cultural determinisms of cacao production in the Baoulé-V and the Lamto region (Côte d'Ivoire) | Yao, A.T.R.(1); Kouassi, N'G.F.(1); Goetze, D.(2); Kouakou, N'G.F.(1); Porembski, S.(2) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 615 | - | Soils characteristics and phytodiversity in protected and pastoral, land used area in Burkina Faso and Benin | Anne, C.A.T; Runge, J. | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 616 | - | Influence of former cultivation on the endangered renosterveld in the Cape lowlands (South Africa) and implications for restoration management | Heelemann, S.(1); Krug, C.B.(2); Esler, K.(3); Reisch, C.(1); Poschlod, P.(1) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 617 | - | Seed banks, germination and the regeneration of Cape lowland Renosterveld | Heelemann, S.(1); Krug, C.B.(2); Esler, K.(3); Reisch, C.(1); Poschlod, P.(1) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 624 | - | The impact of land use type on the diversity of ants in the LAMTO region (Côte d’Ivoire) | Koné, M.(1); Konaté, S.(2); Linsenmair, K.E.(3) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 625 | - | Estimation of fungus-growing termites and their symbiotic fungi (Termitomyces sp.) diversity and abundance through a gradient of land use in the LAMTO region (Côte d’Ivoire) | Koné, N. A.(1); Konaté, S.(1); Daouda, K.(2); Linsenmair, K.E.(3) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 628 | - | Effects of land use and soil properties on vascular plant vegetation and biological soil crusts | Kunz, N.S.(1); le Roux, A.(2); Schmiedel, U.(3); Wessels, D.C.J.(4); Weber, B.(1) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 639 | - | Diversity islands of special ecological and socio-economical relevance: Sustainable use of termite mounds and their products | Erpenbach, A.; Hahn-Hadjali, K.; Reichmann, S.; Korb, J.; | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 646 | - | Procurement Auctions for Conservation Practices – Economic Experiments in Kakamega, Kenya | Saizaki, R.; Wünscher, T. | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 652 | - | Conservation versus degradation and sustainable use of termite mounds in the Pendjari region (Benin): causalities and scopes for intervention through a farming system analysis approach | Nuppenau, E.-A.(1); Ogoudedji, G.(1) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 657 | - | Unsustainable use of frogs and ecosystem consequences | Mohneke, M.(1); Zongo, B.(2), Boussim, J.L.(2); Zongo, F.(2); Thiombiano, A.(2); Rödel M.-O.(1) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 663 | - | Rural Livelihood, Land Management and Biodiversity. Community participation for biodiversity conservation | Kenea Negero, W. | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| 672 | - | Termite communities along a habitat degradation gradient: Patterns and processes for ecosystem function | Kaib, M.(1); Kagezi, G.(2); Brandl, R.(3) | Land use, impact and value | Poster |
| Interventions |
| 567 | - | Geodata-based tools supporting biodiversity research and forest management in Kakamega Forest | Schaab, G.; Asser, B.; Dammann, P.; Huth, K.; Muchori, F.N.; Ojha, N.; Zimmer, H. | Interventions | Poster |
| 570 | - | The effects of grazing and rest on plants in experimental plots on two neighbouring farms in Namibia’s Highland Savanna | Zimmermann, I.(1); Wesuls, D.(2); Kauatjirue, J.(1) | Interventions | Poster |
| 590 | - | Causes for degradation and options for recovery of land use systems in Kakamega, Western Kenya | Mussgnug, F.(1); Diwani, T.(1); Nickel, D.(2); Becker, M.(1) | Interventions | Poster |
| 611 | - | Cotton production and biodiversity in Benin and Burkina Faso:, small farmers options, policies and impact on environment | Palmantier, A.(1); Kirk, M.(1); Senghor, A.(2); Degla, P.(3) | Interventions | Poster |
| 626 | - | Conservation status and ex-situ conservation of endangered plants from Kakamega and Budongo Forest | Rembold, K.(1); Theisen, I.(1); Onyango, J.(2); Fischer, E.(1) | Interventions | Poster |
| 640 | - | The Auctioning of Forest User Rights as part of Participatory Forest Management in Field Pilots in Kakamega Forest, Kenya. | Khalumba, M.(1); Holm-Müller, K.(2); Wünscher, T. (1) | Interventions | Poster |
| 641 | - | Between a rock and a hard place: sustainable conservation of the Cape Lowlands in the face of fragmentation & invasion | Kongor, R.Y. (1); Sharma, G. P. (1,2); Krug, C.B. (3); Esler, K.J. (1,2); Horn, A. (1) | Interventions | Poster |
| 643 | - | Multi- Agent Simulation of the Effects of Participatory Management Approaches on the Sustainable Utilization and Conservation of Kakamega Forest in Kenya | Maithya, J.; Wünscher, T. | Interventions | Poster |
| 653 | - | Resource manipulation for control of alien invasive grasses in the Fynbos Biome | Ruwanza, S.(1); Musil, C. F.(1); Esler, K. J.(2) | Interventions | Poster |
| 655 | - | Conserving the Last Refuges - an Analysis of Protected Area Management Approaches in West Africa | Konrad, T.; Linsenmair, K.E. | Interventions | Poster |
| 660 | - | Integrating biodiversity conservation into regional planning | Aligula, E. | Interventions | Poster |
| 661 | - | Strategies to reconcile biodiversity conservation with the need to improve rural livelihoods in the setting of Kakamega District. | Becker, M.(1), Gaesing, K.(2), Kappel, R.(3), Mussgnug, F.(4), Rietdorf, U.(5), Schmidt-Kallert, E.(6), Wünscher, T.(7) | Interventions | Poster |
| 662 | - | Success Factors for Participatory Forest Management in Africa | Gaesing, K.(1), Schmidt-Kallert, E.(1) | Interventions | Poster |
| 667 | - | Fish catch assessment of the Pendjari River, Benin | Ahouansou Montocho, S.(1); Lalèyè, P.(1); Linsenmair, K.E.(2) | Interventions | Poster |
| 669 | - | Description of fishery management in the Whedos in the North of Benin | Hauber, M.E. (1); Lalèyè, P. (2); Assongba, N. (3); Linsenmair, K.E. (1) | Interventions | Poster |
| Capacity development |
| 530 | - | BIOTA East Africa - scientific support for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity | Freund, W.; Wägele, J.W. | Capacity development | Poster |
| 533 | - | Gathering, maintenance, analysis, and web-presentation of lichen diversity data from the BIOTA Southern Africa observatories | Zedda, L.(1,2); Neubacher, D.(1,3); Köhler, Th.(1); Rambold, G.(1) | Capacity development | Poster |
| 547 | - | Creating a garden for pollination education | Bergsdorf, T.; Hagen, M.; Kraemer, M.; Schwichtenberg, O. | Capacity development | Poster |
| 551 | - | Visual Plants – a tool for data capturing, data presentation, rapid determination and capacity building in biodiversity informatics for plants | Dalitz, H.(1); Eilu, G.(3); Masinde, S.(2); Mbatudde, M.(3); Mizrahi-Todt, L.(1); Mwachala, G.(2); Ssegawa, P.(3); Waltemathe, J.(1) | Capacity development | Poster |
| 586 | - | Biodiversity data resources for West Africa – Accessibility and possible solutions to property rights issues | Janssen, T.(1); Dressler, S.(1); Hahn-Hadjali, K.(2); Hien, M.(3); Mahamane, A.(4); Sambou, B.(5); Schmidt, M.(1,2); Sinsin, B.(6); Thiombiano, A.(7); Zizka, G.(1,2) | Capacity development | Poster |
| 593 | - | West African Plant Database – a photo guide and identification tool | Schmidt, M.(1,2); Brunken, U.(1); Dressler, S.(1,2); Janssen, T.(1); Porembski, S.(4); Thiombiano, A.(3); Zizka, G. (1,2) | Capacity development | Poster |
| 618 | - | Creating an ecology laboratory to support ecological research in Kenya | Musila, W.(1,2); Gliniars, R.(1); Oesker, M.(1); Todt, H.(1); Dalitz, H.(1) | Capacity development | Poster |
| 635 | - | The Dutch-German ABS Capacity Development Initiative for Africa: Linking identified problems with objectives, activities and taylor-shaped instruments | Drews, A. (1); al-Janabi, S. (2) | Capacity development | Poster |
| 642 | - | BIOTA East Subproject E-Scholarships: Capacity Building: High-Potential Postgraduate Scholars from Africa. | Kuhn, M.(1); Diwani, T.(2) | Capacity development | Poster |
| 648 | - | BioMonitoring Data Facility | Muche, G.(1); Hillmann, T.(1) | Capacity development | Poster |
| 651 | - | Printed Field Guides - Products for biodiversity identification, education and management | Holstein, J.(1); Steiner, A.(2); Freund, W.(3); Häuser, C.L.(4) | Capacity development | Poster |
| 659 | - | The website of BIOTA AFRICA – www.biota-africa.org | Hillmann, T.(1); Muche, G.(1) | Capacity development | Poster |
| Coffee project |
| 501 | - | CoCE – Conservation and use of wild populations of Coffea arabica in the montane rainforests of Ethiopia: An overview | CoCE Team | Coffee project | Poster |
| 502 | - | Effects of wild coffee management on plant diversity in the montane rainforests of southwestern Ethiopia | Schmitt, C.B.(1,2); Senbeta, F.(3); Denich, M.(2); Boehmer, H.J.(4); Wondafrash, M.(5); Demissew, S.(5) | Coffee project | Poster |
| 503 | - | Contrasting adaptation to drought stress in wild populations of Coffea arabica in Ethiopia | Beining, A.(1); Kufa, T.(1); Goldbach, H.(1); Fetene, M.(2); Burkhardt, J.(1) | Coffee project | Poster |
| 504 | - | Coffee Wilt Disease caused by Gibberella xylarioides and its rapid spread in East Africa | Hindorf, H.(1); Adugna, G.(2) | Coffee project | Poster |
| 505 | - | Certification – curse or blessing for Ethiopia’s dwindling coffee forests? | Volkmann, J.(1); Stellmacher, T.(1); Gole, T.W.(2); Senbeta, F.(2); Grote, U.(3) | Coffee project | Poster |
| 506 | - | Implementation-oriented research in the CoCE Project | Zander, U.(1); Moll, P.(2) | Coffee project | Poster |
| Microbiology |
| 512 | - | Fungal species associated with Pod malformation on Acacia karoo in Namibia | Chimwamurombe P.M.; Mapaure I.; Hausiku M.S. | Microbiology | Poster |
| 513 | - | Species richness and composition of soil bacterial communities in Namibian semiarid savanna soils | Fösel, B.U.(1); Zul, D.(1,2); Romann, E.(1); Mayer, M.(1); Overmann, J.(1) | Microbiology | Poster |
| 514 | - | Phylochip studies of Acidobacteria diversity in Namibian soils. | Rappl, K.(1); Pester, M.(2); Hartmann, M.(3); Starke, I.(2); Wagner, M.(2); Loy, A.(2); Ludwig, W.(1) | Microbiology | Poster |
| Congo project |
| 520 | - | Cryptic diversity of rainforest-plants used for self medication and nutrition in DR Congo | Bondjengo, N.(1); Kitengie, G.(1); Musibono, D.(2); Fruth, B.(1) | Congo project | Poster |
| Not assigned |
| 656 | - | Soil factors that influence the abundance and distribution of threatened and endangered species in the Okavango Delta; with particular emphasis on Eulophia angolensis | Middleton, S. (1); Mfundisi, K.B. (2); Kurugundla, N. (3) | Not assigned | Poster |
| 676 | - | From Michel Adanson to our days: History of the study of the vegetation in Senegal | Diop, A.T.(1); Ndiaye, P.(2) | Not assigned | Poster |
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