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WWW-Links:

Ascape

http://ascape.sourceforge.net/

ATLSS Home Page

http://atlss.org/

BIOLFLOR

BIOLFLOR - Eine Datenbank mit biologisch-ökologischen Merkmalen zur Flora von Deutschland.
http://www.biolflor.de

CANOAK

Dennis Baldocchi and colleagues: Berkeley Biometeorology Lab Web site
Education -> Education Tools -> C Code CANOAK Version 2
http://nature.berkeley.edu/biometlab/BiometWeb/canoak_V2.c

CLOPLA

Klimešová J & Klimeš L(2005):
CLO-PLA - a database of clonal growth in plants.
(CLOPLA 3, version updated 20. 10. 2005)
http://clopla.butbn.cas.cz/

CoupModel

Jansson P-E & Karlberg L: Coupled heat and mass transfer model for soil-plant-atmosphere system (= CoupModel)
Online at:
http://www.lwr.kth.se/vara%20datorprogram/CoupModel/

Official documentation at:
http://www.lwr.kth.se/vara%20datorprogram/CoupModel/NetHelp/default.htm

DIPimage

http://www.diplib.org/

Ecological Flora of the British Isles

Fitter AH & Peat HJ (1994)
The Ecological Flora Database.
J. Ecol. 82
pp. 415-425.
http://www.ecoflora.co.uk/

Eclipse.org home

http://www.eclipse.org/

History of biology, Wikpedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_biology
(last accessed December 2009)

History of physics, Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_physics
(last accessed Decmber 2009)

ICOM

International Council of Museums
http://icom.museum/
(last accessed December 2009)

IGBP

http://www.igbp.net/

IUCN

The International Union for Conservation of Nature
http://www.iucn.org

IUCN Red List

http://www.iucnredlist.org
(last accessed November 2009)

L-Studio

http://algorithmicbotany.org/

MASON

http://cs.gmu.edu/~eclab/projects/mason/

MATLAB

http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/

MIT System Dynamics Group

http://sysdyn.clexchange.org/sd-group/

NetLogo Home Page

http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/

PalDat

Palynological Database.
An online publication of the Society for the Promotion of Palynological Research in Austria
http://www.paldat.org/

Prasad AM & Iverson LR (1999-2009):

A Climate Change Atlas for 80 Forest Tree Species of the Eastern United States [database].
Northeastern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Delaware, Ohio, USA
http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/delaware/atlas/index.html
(last accessed Dec. 2009)

Repast

http://repast.sourceforge.net/

Scientific Facts on Biodiversity (2009):

http://www.greenfacts.org/en/biodiversity/index.htm#il1

Seed Information Datbase

Liu K, Eastwood RJ, Flynn S, Turner RM & Stuppy WH (2008):
Seed Information Database (release 7.1, May 2008)
http://www.kew.org/data/sid

SORTIE-ND Home Page

http://www.sortie-nd.org/index.html
(last accessed December 2009)

Stefanssion B (1999):

SwarmFest Tutorial 99
http://www.swarm.org/swarmfest99-tutorial/SectionTwo-99/index.htm

STELLA, isee Systems

http://www.iseesystems.com/softwares/education/stellasoftware.aspx

SWARM Development Group Wiki

http://www.swarm.org/index.php/Main_Page

System Dynamics Society

http://www.systemdynamics.org/

Introduction to System Dynamics.
http://www.systemdynamics.org/DL-IntroSysDyn/

The LEDA Traitbase

http://www.leda-traitbase.org/LEDAportal/

TRY

http://www.try-db.org

Village Ecodynamics Project

http://village.anth.wsu.edu/

WIMOVAC:

Windows Intuitive Model Of Vegetation response to Atmospheric & Climate change (WIMOVAC)
Online at:
http://www2.essex.ac.uk/wimovac/model.htm

WIMOVAC Leaf Gas Exchange Module:

http://www2.essex.ac.uk/wimovac/leafgas.htm
(WIMOVAC -> WIMOVAC Features -> WIMOVAC Algorithms -> Laef Gas Exchange Module)

Books:

Ahuja LR et al. (2008):

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Advances in Agricultural Systems Modeling Ser. 1.
Madison, WI, USA

Baker NR, Davies WJ & Ong CK (1985):

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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge

Barbour MC et al. (1999):

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3rd edition
Addison-Wesley, Longman, Inc.
pp. 649
Online at:
http://books.google.de/books?id=b7BxQgAACAAJ&dq=Barbour+Terrestrial+Plant+Ecology

Brown JH & West GB (2000):

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Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity Proceedings
Oxford University Press, USA

Buhler DD (1999):

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Routledge
pp. 289
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http://books.google.de/books?id=Dyd_k9fAxK8C&dq=seed+%22soil+seed+bank%22+death&source=gbs_navlinks_s_navlinks_s

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Dale MRT (2000):

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de Jong M (2003):

Reaktionen von drei Süßgrasarten mit unterschiedlichen Nährstoffansprüchen auf erhöhte NH3-Konzentrationen und NH4+-Gaben in Rein- und in Mischkultur.
Dissertation, Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät, Justus Liebig Universität Gießen
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vdf, Hochschul-Verag an der ETH
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Entwurfsmuster: Elemente wiederverwendbarer objektoreintierter Software.
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Gibson DJ (2009):

Grasses and grassland ecology.
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pp. 305
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Gilbert N & Troitzsch KG (2005):

Simulation for the social scientist.
Second edition
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pp. 295
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Goudriaan J (1977):

Crop micrometeorology: A simulation study.
Simulation Monographs
Pudoc, Wageningen

Grime JP, Hodgson JG & Hunt R (1996):

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Chapman & Hall
pp. 742
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Grime JP (2002):

Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties.
2nd Edition
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pp. 456
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Grimm V & Railsback SF (2005):

Individual-Based Modeling and Ecology.
Princeton Series in Theretical and Computational Biology
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pp. 428
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Harder LD, Charles S & Barrett H (2006):

Ecology and evolution of flowers.
Oxford biology readers
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pp. 370
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Hendry GAF & Grime JP (1993):

Methods in Comparative Plant Ecology: A Laboratory Manual.
Springer, Berlin
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Hodgson JG et al. (1995):

The Electronic Comparative Plant Ecology.
Kluwer Academic Publishers
pp. 24

Holland JH (1995):

Hidden Order: How adaptation builds complexity.
Basic Books, Perseus Books Group
New York

Jedicke E (1997):

Die Roten Listen. Gefährdete Pflanzen, Tiere und Biotope in Bund und Ländern.
Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart
pp. 581

Jongman RH, ter Braak CJ & van Tongeren OFR(1995):

Data analysis in community and landscape ecology.
Second edition
Cambridge University Press
pp. 299
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Jorgensen SE & Müller F (2000):

Handbook of ecosystem theories and management.
CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton
Preview online at:
http://books.google.de/books?id=D79Hay1AnbIC&dq=Jorgensen+Handbook+of+ecosystem+theories&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Kerievsky J (2005):

Refactoring to Patterns.
Addison-Wesley
Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA
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http://books.google.de/books?id=h2sdNbKW65gC&dq=Kerievsky+Refactoring+to+Patterns&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Klotz S, Kühn I & Durka W (2003):

BIOLFLOR - Eine Datenbank mit biologisch-ökologischen Merkmalen zur Flora von Deutschland.
Landwirtschaftsverlag
pp. 337
Online at:
http://www.biolflor.de

Kolek J & Kozinka V (1992):

Physiology of the plant root system.
Band 46 von Developments in plant and soil sciences
Springer Verlag
Berlin, Heidelberg, New York
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http://books.google.de/books?id=privsC2WsDUC&dq=Plant+Root&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Kutschera L (1960):

Wurzelatlas mitteleuropäischer Ackerunkräuter und Kulturpflanzen.
DLG Verlag
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Kutscheara L, Lichtenberger E & Sobotik M (1982):

Wurzelatlas mitteleuropäischer Grünlandpflanzen: Monocotyledoneae.
Band 1 von Wurzelatlas mitteleuropäischer Grünlandpflanzen.
Gustav Fischer Verlag
pp. 516

Kutschera L & Lichtenberger E (1992):

Wurzelatlas mitteleuropäischer Grünlandpflanzen: Pteridophyta und Dicotyledoneae Magnoliopsida.
Band 2 von Wurzelatlas mitteleuropäischer Grünlandpflanzen.
Gustav Fischer Verlag
pp. 261

Lambers H & Ribas-Carbó M (2005):

Plant respiration: from cell to ecosystem.
Volume 18, Advances in photosynthesis and respiration
Springer Verlag
Berlin, Heidelberg, New York
pp. 250
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http://books.google.de/books?id=TE9_bfFw-D8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Plant+Respiration&hl=de&ei=8K3ATKD1NNKI4gbLgoibDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6wEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Lambers H, Stuart Chapin (III) F & Pons TL (2008):

Plant physiological ecology.
Srpringer Verlag, Berlin
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http://books.google.de/books?id=PXBq6jsT5SYC&dq=editions:-qzcMuzfg3AC&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Larcher W (2003):

Phyiological Plant Ecology: Ecophysiology and stress physiology of functional groups.
Springer Verlag
Berlin, Heidelberg, New York
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http://books.google.de/books?id=BgtzD4frr98C&dq=Larcher+Ecophysiology&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Lea PJ & Morot-Gaudry JF (2001):

Plant nitrogen.
Springer Verlag
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pp. 407

Legendre P & Legendre L (1998):

Numerical Ecology.
Second edition
Developments in environmental modelling, Volume 20
Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam
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Lehsten V (2005):

Functional analysis and modelling of vegetation: plant functional types in a mesocosmos experiment and a mechanistic model.
Ph. D. Thesis, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Online at:
http://oops.uni-oldenburg.de/volltexte/2005/163/

Leps J & Smilauer P (2003):

Multivariate analysis of ecological data using CANOCO.
Cambridge University Press, 2003
pp. 269
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http://books.google.de/books?id=DYfseIcJBc8C&dq=Numerical+Ecology+Legendre&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Loevejoy TE & Hannah L. (2005):

Climate change and biodiversity.
Yale University Press
New Haven & London
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http://books.google.de/books?id=T0n45hxqy_gC&dq=Cimate+change+and+biodiversity&source=gbs_navlinks_s

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The Limits to growth: a report for the Club of Rome's project on the predicament of mankind.
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Morin PJ (1999):

Community Ecology: An Experimentalists Description.
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Naeem S et al. ( 2009):

Naeem S, Bunker DE, Hector A, Loreau M & Perrings C:
Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, and Human Wellbeing:
An Ecological and Economic Perspective.
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Plant Allometry: The Scaling of Form and Process.
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Ecological Communities: Plant Mediation in Indirect Interaction Webs
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
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Pascual M & Dunne JA (2005):

Ecological networks: linking structure to dynamics in food webs.
Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity Proceedings
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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
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Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN)
Institut für Biotopschutz und Landschaftsökologie, Bonn - Bad Godesberg
KILDA-Verlag, Gevern
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Seed dispersal and biological invasion: A mathematical analysis.
PhD thesis
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Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function.
Ecological Studies 99.
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Cause and Correlation in Biology: A User's Guide to Path Analysis, Structural Equations and Causal Inference.
Cambridge University Press
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Nutrient elements in grassland: Soil - plant - animal relationships.
CABI Publishing
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Arthur WB et al. (1997):

Asset pricing under endogenous expectations in an artificial stock market.
In: Arthur WB, Durlauf S & Lane D:
The Economy as an Evolving Complex System II.
Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA
pp. 15-44

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A model predicting stomatal conductance and its contribution tothe control of photosynthesis under differnt environmental conditions. - In: Biggins J (1987): Progress in photosynthesis research.
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Betts RA & Shugart HH (2005):

Dynamic ecosystem and earth system models.
In: Lovejoy TE & Hannah L (2005):
Climate change and biodiversity.
Yale University Press
New Haven & London
pp. 232-251

Fath BD & Patten BC (2000):

Ecosystem Theory: Network Environ Analysis.
In: Jorgensen SE & Müller F (2000):
Handbook of Ecosystem Theories and Management.
CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton
pp. 354-356

Hannah L, Lovejoy TE & Schneider SH (2005):

Chapter One: Biodiversity and climate change in context.
In: Lovejoy TE & Hannah L (2005):
Climate change and biodiversity.
Yale University Press
New Haven & London
pp. 3-14

Overpeck J, Cole J & Bartlein P (2005):

Chapter Seven: A "Paleoperspective" on Climate Variability and Change.
In: Lovejoy TE & Hannah L (2005):
Climate change and biodiversity.
Yale University Press
New Haven & London
pp. 91-108

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Chapter 15: Community diversity and succession: The roles of competition, dispersal and habitat modification.
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Ecological Studies 99.
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Townsend Peterson A et al. (2005):

Modeling distributional shifts of individual species and biomes.
In: Lovejoy TE & Hannah L (2005):
Climate change and biodiversity.
Yale University Press
New Haven & London
pp. 211-228

Yu Q & Flerchinger GN (2008):

Chapter 7: Extending Simultaneous Heat and Water (SHAW) Model to Simulate Carbon Dioxide and Water Fluxes over Wheat Canopy.
In: Ahuja LR et al. (2008): Response of crops to limited water: Understanding and modeling water stress effects on plant growth processes.
Advances in Agricultural Systems Modeling Ser. 1.
Madison, WI, USA
pp. 436

Reports and Statements:

Djoghlaf A (2009):

The Executive Secretary of the converntion on Biological Diversity
Staement on the ocasion of
The fitth Intergovernmental Conference on Biodiversity in Europe
22 September 2009
Liege, Belgium
Oline at:
www.cbd.int/doc/speech/2009/sp-2009-09-22-belgium-en.pdf

European Environment Agency (2004):

Impacts of Europe's changing climate - an indicator-based assessment
EEA Report No 2/2004
EEA, Copenhagen
Online at:
http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/climate_report_2_2004/impacts_of_europes_changing_climate.pdf

European Environment Agency (2008):

Impacts of Europe's changing climate - 2008 indicator-based assessment
EEA Report No 4/2008
EEA Copenhagen
Online at:
http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/eea_report_2008_4

Marx J, Höll N & Albinger G (1997):

Gesetzlicher Biotopschutz - Vortrag mit Folien
Landesanstalt fr Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg (LfU)
Redaktion Landesanstalt fr Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg, Abteilung 2 Ökologie, Boden- und Naturschutz, Fachdienst Naturschutz
Reihe Naturschutz-Praxis / Flchenschutz
Band-Nr. 1
Online at:
http://www.fachdokumente.lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de/servlet/is/50078/?COMMAND=DisplayBericht&FIS=200&OBJECT=50078&MODE=METADATA

Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005):

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Biodiversity Synthesis.
World Resources Institute, Washington, DC.
Online at:
http://www.millenniumassessment.org/documents/document.354.aspx.pdf

Secr. Convention on Biological Diversity (2006):

Global Biodiversity Outlook 2.
Montreal, 81 + vii pages
Online at:
http://www.cbd.int/doc/gbo/gbo2/cbd-gbo2-en.pdf

Threat situation of plant groups in Germany

http://www.bfn.de/fileadmin/MDB/documents/030102_gruppe.pdf

UNEP (2007):

Global Environment Outllok: GEO 4
United Nations Environment Programme
Progrss Press Ltd.
Valetta, Malta
Online at:
http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4/report/GEO-4_Report_Full_en.pdf

Walter KS & Gillet HJ (1998):

1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Island Press
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