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[REPORT SUMMARY] Information on the impact of natural enemies (insect herbivores and pathogens) on the population biology of H mantegazzianum within its native range
We examined the impact of two guilds of herbivores: external feeders and endophagous insects. A general result is that mature H. mantegazzianum plants are quite tolerant to herbivory. This is achieved by several defence mechanisms:
(1) chemical defense by furanocoumarins,
(2...
Programme: FP5-EESD
Record Number: 38683
Last updated on: 2006-02-28
[REPORT SUMMARY] Advice for conducting scientific studies about the various glacial hazards and test of various investigation techniques in different contexts
Glacier outburst floods (jokulhlaups) are caused by the sudden drainage of glacier-dammed lakes. During such an event, the discharge can increase by more than one order of magnitude within a short time period (from hours to days). Jokulhlaups pose a significant hazard potentia...
Programme: FP5-EESD
Record Number: 33529
Last updated on: 2004-08-31
To examine the herbivore insect communities on the invasive Heracleum mantegazzianum we performed sampling tours in the native (Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan) and the invaded areas (Europe). Investigations in Europe included Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Bel...
Programme: FP5-EESD
Record Number: 38682
Last updated on: 2006-02-28
[REPORT SUMMARY] Descriptions of loss curves
In a large-scale study we investigated how biodiversity is influenced by landscape structure and the intensity of agricultural production. Species richness was assessed for selected plant and animal taxa in 25 agricultural landscapes distributed across seven European countries...
Programme: FP5-EESD
Record Number: 41320
Last updated on: 2007-10-25
The studies carried out eliminated most of the potential biological control agents from further consideration, and none studied could be selected for use as biological control agnets.
Elimination of these potential biological control agents means that any further efforts to...
Programme: FP5-EESD
Record Number: 38684
Last updated on: 2006-02-28
[REPORT SUMMARY] Model Work on ERIS including the TFLC
ERIS (Energy Research and Investment Strategy) is a global energy model prototype specified and developed in the context of the predecessor of SAPIENT, TEEM (Joule III project). The original purpose of ERIS was to capture the main mechanisms regarding the endogenous analysis o...
Programme: FP5-EESD
Record Number: 38226
Last updated on: 2006-05-19
[REPORT SUMMARY] Seismic source characteristics and rupture dynamics, seismic behaviour of faults, strain rate, source parameters and earthquake models
This result concerns an additional approach in that we now consider the forward modelling of dynamic rupture in the presence of geometrical complexities, and we model the faults segments in the Marmara Sea in order to assess the likelihood of very large, through-going ruptures...
Programme: FP5-EESD
Record Number: 40990
Last updated on: 2006-08-01
[REPORT SUMMARY] Atlas of risky glaciers (Switzerland): Inventar gefahrlicher Gletscher in der Schweiz
The inventory includes 82 glaciers, which in the past inflicted damage on persons or property or for which a potential danger was recognised. Of these 82 glaciers, 55 are located in the canton of Valais, 18 in canton of Berne, 2 in the cantons of Vaud, Uri and Grisons, and one...
Programme: FP5-EESD
Record Number: 33525
Last updated on: 2004-08-31
[REPORT SUMMARY] Database with collected biodiversity data
All biodiversity data collected during the greenveins project, as well as all landscape and landuse date, has been stored in the computer program FieldMap (IFER). This program contains a relational database and the information of the three components (biodiversity, landscape a...
Programme: FP5-EESD
Record Number: 41319
Last updated on: 2006-08-01
[REPORT SUMMARY] Potential use of lichens as indicators of biodiversity
After a consideration of the policy framework for the development of monitoring and indicators of biodiversity in Europe, the major biogeographic influences on biodiversity and the major key factors (or drivers) of biodiversity, lichens were identified as a potential indicator...
Programme: FP5-EESD
Record Number: 33116
Last updated on: 2004-07-27
List retrieved on: 2017-08-02
