Landscape Modelling and Decision Support

Modelling and simulation of agricultural landscapes.- Challenges and perspectives for integrated landscape modelling to support sustainable land use management in agrolandscapes.- Application of ecosystem modelling methodology on rural areas of Crimea - Systematic approach.- Integral assessment of condition and sustainability of socio-ecological-economic systems.- The use of observation methods and model approaches for estimating regional crop evapotranspiration and yield in agro-landscapes.- Development of landscape-adaptive land use of the Upper Volga region based on geostatistical methods.- Modelling of the suitability of lands to the agrarian use and their resistance to negative processes.- A GIS-based model for the enhancement of rural landscapes: the case-study of Valdera - Tuscany (Italy).- Models for describing landscape hydrochemical discharge in mountain countries.- Agent-based modelling of a simple synthetic rangeland ecosystem.- The use of multitemporal spectral informationto improve the classification of agricultural crops in landscapes.- Global evaluation of the status and sustainability of terrestrial landscapes and water bodies.- Spatial Estimation of Estonian Forest Landscapes' Soil Cover Humus Status: Methods, Model samples and Assessments.- Dynamics of soil organic matter in agricultural landscapes.- Model based assessment of nutrient load into water bodies from different landscape types.- Model-based estimation of irrigation water demand for different agricultural crops under climate change, presented for the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany.- Forecasting scanning branches of the hysteresis soil water-retention capacity for calculation of precise irrigation rates in agrolandscapes using a mathematical model.- Estimation of Leaf Area Index (LAI) of Russian Forests Using a Mechanical Model and Forest Inventory Data.- Assessment approach of the spatial wheat cultivation risk for the main cereal cropping regions of Russia.- Model based

Wilfried Mirschel has been a Senior Scientist at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) Müncheberg, Germany, since 1992. He studied Mathematics at the State University Donetsk, Ukraine, and graduated in 1982 with a doctorate in Agriculture. From 1977 to 1991, he worked at the Research Centre for Soil Fertility Müncheberg. His fields of work include agro-ecosystem modelling, landscape system analysis, regional modelling, model-based climate impact research, complex decision support systems for landscape development, and methods and models for irrigation management. Wilfried Mirschel has authored more than 300 publications, including more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. He has established an international cooperation in the fields of process and regional modeling, and has been involved in education at universities in Germany and Russia. Vitaly Terleev is a Professor at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia. He studied Physics at Omsk State University, USSR, graduating in 1989 with a candidate degree in Agricultural Meteorology. He received his Doctor in Agricultural Science (Agrophysics) degree in 2002. From 1991 to 2001, he worked at St. Petersburg State University, and since 2004, he has been working at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Vitaly Terleev specialises in modelling soil water and soil nutrient processes in agro-ecosystems and in describing hydrophysical soil properties. He has participated in many national and international research projects and has published over 230 papers, including more than 30 peer-reviewed articles, as well as five books. He has established a fruitful international scientific cooperation network and contributes to the work of various organizations and working groups with his knowledge and experience. Karl-Otto Wenkel is a Guest Scientist at theLeibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) Müncheberg,