Klaus Henle – författare

This volume integrates population biology theory and practice with management of fragmented ecosystems. Reviews on the current state of the art in connection with fragmentation research (population biology and genetics) are presented. The focus is put on the most important results of a large German project, which emphasizes the application of metapopulation and minimum viable population theory in Central European cultural landscapes. This is supplemented by case studies from Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. The book is aimed at scientists in ecology and nature conservation as well as graduate students and people working in conservation practice.

It presents key ecological features of typical conflict species and mitigation strategies including technical mitigation, policy instruments and the design of participatory decision strategies involving relevant stakeholders.

This book is about conflicts between different stakeholder groups triggered by protected species that compete with humans for natural resources. It presents key ecological features of typical conflict species and mitigation strategies including technical mitigation, policy instruments and the design of participatory decision strategies involving relevant stakeholders. The book provides not only case studies from various European countries, it also presents a framework for the development of biodiversity conflict reconciliation action plans that can be used globally.

Die eingehende Analyse der Umweltbelastungen und der Landnutzungssituation in der Modellregion Leipzig-Halle-Bitterfeld bildet die Grundlage dieses Buches. Neben der Einschatzung des Gefahrdungspotentials von Schadstoffen in Boden und Gewassern erfolgt eine Beschreibung der Regenerationsprozesse in Waldschadensgebieten und auf brachfallenden Landwirtschaftsflachen. Darauf aufbauend wird ein weitgehend ubertragbarer Bewertungsschlussel vorgestellt, der zeigt, inwieweit sich uberlagernde Anspruche verschiedener Nutzungsinteressen fur die Ubernutzung und Schadigung von Landschaften verantwortlich sind. Am Schluss stehen Strategien fur eine nachhaltige Landnutzung in den uber weite Strecken von Industrie, Bergbau und Intensivagrarwirtschaft gezeichneten Regionen Ostdeutschlands und Osteuropas.

The effects of isolation, area size, and habitat quality on the survival of animal and plant populations in the cultural landscape are central aspects of a research project started in Germany in 1993 (,Forschungsverbund, Isolation, FHichengroBe und BiotopquaIiHit'', abbreviated to ''FIFB''). After a long period of preparation, scientists from seven univer­ sities and one research institution started to work within the frame of this project. Fund­ ing for four years was provided by the former German Federal Ministry of Research and Technology (BMFT), now the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). A strong focus of the project has been the improvement of the methodology for environmental impact assessments and the implementation of results into environmental planning. As there is a certain risk that national projects develop some kind of ''mental in­ breeding'', it was decided to discuss concepts, methods, and first results with scientists of international reputation at a rather early stage of the project. For this purpose, an inter­ national workshop was held in the small village of Lubast, north of Leipzig (state of Saxony) in March 1995. 130 scientists from 10 nations met to discuss and debate issues surrounding habitat fragmentation for three days. Papers presented there formed the basis for this book. As discussions included general reviews as well as particular case studies, we decided to structure this book in a similar way. Consequently, a combination of broad and more general, review-like papers as well as original papers are presented.