Biodiversity, Temperate Ecosystems, and Global Change

Biodiversity, Temperate Ecosystems and Global Change: Introduction to the NATO Advanced Research Workshop.- 1: Conservation strategies in the face of global change.- 2: Social factors as driving forces: towards interdisciplinary models of global change.- 3: The natural impermanency of most temperate wetlands.- 4: Predicting the fate of temperate species in response to human disturbance and global change.- 5: Ground beetles in a changing environment: determinants of species diversity and community assembly.- 6: Fungal species diversity and forest ecosystem functioning in the Netherlands.- 7: Effects of former land use on plant species diversity and pattern in European deciduous woodlands.- 8: Impact of global change on genetic diversity of temperate ecosystems.- 9: Strategies for conserving genetic diversity in the face of global change.- 10: The genetic response of plant populations to a changing environment: the case for non-Mendelian processes.- 11: The effects of natural disturbance on plant communities in temperate ecosystems.- 12: Ecological processes linking forest structure and avian diversity in western Oregon.- 13: Fire and diversity in Canadian ecosystems.- 14: Consequences of a 150 years' history of human disturbances in some forest ecosystems.- 15: Soil arthropods for faunal indices in assessing changes in natural value resulting from human disturbances.- 16: Changes in the species diversity of ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) following disturbances.- 17: Biodiversity of the Wadden Sea (Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands): recent changes and future projections.- 18: Interactions between tree species and their effects on nitrogen and phosphorus transformations in the forest floor.- 19: A research agenda for global change in Finland: research prioritiesfor the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.- 20: Biodiversity, global change and forest management: a Québec perspective.- 21: Research needs and opportunities: the response of forest