Ecosystem Organization of a Complex Landscape

Part I Research Programme and Study Area

1 General Concept of the Research Programme and Methodology of Investigations
Otto Fränzle, Ludger Kappen, Hans-Peter Blume, Klaus Dierssen, Ulrich Irmler, Winfrid Kluge, Uwe Schleuß and Joachim Schrautzer

2 Ecological Setting of the Study Area
Hans-Peter Blume, Otto Fränzle, Georg Hörmann, Ulrich Irmler, Winfried Kluge, Uwe Schleuß and Joachim Schrautzer

Part II Structure and Function of Ecosystems in a Complex Landscape

3 Ecophysiological Key Processes in Agricultural and Forest Ecosystems
Oliver Dilly, Christiane Eschenbach, Werner Leo Kutsch, Ludger Kappen and Jean Charles Munch

4 Carbon and Energy Balances of Different Ecosystems and Ecosystem Complexes of the Bornhöved Lake District
Werner L. Kutsch, Georg Hörmann and Ludger Kappen

5 Water Relations at Different Scales
Georg Hörmann, Matthias Herbst and Christiane Eschenbach

6 Site-Related Biocoenotic Dynamics
Ulrich Irmler, Oliver Dilly, Joachim Schrautzer and Klaus Dierssen

7 Biocoenotic Interactions between Different Ecotopes
Ulrich Irmler, Franz Hölker, Hans-Werner Pfeiffer, Walter Nellen and Hauke Reuter

8 Element Fluxes in Atmosphere, Vegetation and Soil
Otto Fränzle and Claus-Georg Schimming

9 Transport Processes between Lake Belau and its Drainage Basin
Winfrid Kluge and Otto Fränzle

10 Lake Belau
Otto Fränzle and Gerald Schernewski

11 Ecological Gradients as Causes and Effects of Ecosystem Organization
Felix Müller, Otto Fränzle, Claus-G Schimming

Part III From Research to Application

12 An Indicator-Based Characterization of the Bornhöved Key Ecosystems
Joachim Schrautzer, Felix Müller, Hans-Peter Blume, Uwe Heinrich,Ernst-Walter Reiche†, Uwe Schleuß and Klaus Dierssen

13 Ecosystem Research and Sustainable Land Use Management
Jan Barkmann, Hans-Peter Blume, Ullrich Irmler, Winfried Kluge, Werner Kutsch, Heinrich Reck, Ernst-Walter Reiche †, Michael Trepel, Wilhelm Windhorst and Klaus Dierssen

14 Conclusions: Perspectives for an Integrative Landscape Planning, Management and Monitoring
Klaus Dierssen and Jan Barkmann