The abstract book, presentations and posters of the conference can be downloaded from here.
- Mosaics of steppe wood habitats in Central and Eastern Europe. Presentation of the landscape geography, history, botany, and zoology of some steppe woods in Hungary or another country, and nature conservation issues. Research results of steppe wood species of special importance.
- Invasive plant and animal species in steppe wood habitats. The most important invasive plant and animal species of the dry plain habitats, their history, and the possibilities of reduction.
- Possibilities of forestry and conservation forestry in steppe wood habitats. Forestry under dry plain conditions. History of forestry and the forestry policy of today. Practical difficulties and challenges in forestry. Conservation forestry.
- Interaction between plant and animal species in steppe wood habitats. The role of big game in dry plain habitats. Wildlife damage: interactions between game density and the habitat. The role of vertebrate and invertebrate species in the functioning of the steppe wood environment.
- Habitat restoration. The restoration possibilities of steppe wood habitats. Realised and planned projects, their results and the most important lessons learnt.
The language of the conference is English, but simultaneous interpretation into Hungarian will be provided. Presentations and posters are expected preferably in English (or in Hungarian on the basis of individual decision).
Posters will be exhibited on the day of arrival, and taken away after the closing of the conference.
An abstract book is to be printed containing the abstracts of the delivered presentations and exhibited posters and the brief presentation of the speakers.
Conference programme:
6 October Speakers
9:30-10:30 Registration
10:30-10:50 Opening: Dr. András Attila Takács, Gábor Figeczky
10:50-13:00 Session I
Zoltán VARGA: Biogeographical connections of Pannonian steppic woods
Csaba MOLNÁR: Steppic wood vegetation between the Carpathians and the Dniester
Zsolt MOLNÁR: Pannonian sand steppic woods in space and time
Tamás RÉDEI: Lowland sand oak forests are extremely important and vulnerable elements of Pannonian sand forest steppe biodiversity
Klára SZABADOS: Sand steppes and oak woodlands in Vojvodina (Serbia)
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-15:50 Session II
Wolfgang WILLNER: Steppic wood habitats in Austria: definition, phytosociology, and conservation status
Sándor FEHÉR: The historical development, state and conservation of steppic woods in Slovakia
Balázs LESKU: Steppe woods in the northern part of the Great Plain
Csaba SZIGETVÁRI: Steppic oak woods within a city: problems, opportunities and an NGO response
15:50-16:30 Poster session
16:30-17: 00 Coffee break
17:00-18:30 Session III
Thorsten AßMANN: The grand capricorne and oaks as promotors for biodiversity
Nicklas JANSSON: Work and result from a project aiming to save the oak steppic woods in Turkey and comparisons with Sweden
András István CSATHÓ: The importance of protecting verges, the most frequent location of ancient loess steppe remnants
19:30 Dinner
7 October
9:00-10:30 Session IV
Anikó CSECSERITS: Diversity and plant invasion in primary and secondary sand grasslands in Kiskunság
András BANKOVICS: Habitat reconstructions in the LIFE Nature project for the conservation of the Pannonian endemic Dianthus diutinus
Erzsébet MIHALIK, Anikó NÉMETH: Ex situ propagation and re–establishment of the Pannonian endemic Dianthus diutinus
Ivan PARNIKOZA: Forest vegetation of the Ukrainian steppe zone: past and present
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Session V
BÉRCESNÉ MOCSKONYI Zsófia: A nagykőrösi pusztai tölgyesek történetének térinformatikai elemzése
György VERŐ: LIFE-Nature project in Nagykőrös sandy steppic oak stands 2006-2011
KUN András: Mégis inkább tölgyes erdő? Természetvédelmi kezelések a Nagykőrösi erdőben
SZENTPÉTERI Sándor: Homoki erdőssztyeppek speciális kérdései hatósági szempontból
12:30-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-15:30 Session VI
SZIDONYA István: Invazív növények vegyszeres irtásának tapasztalatai Magyarországon
György KRÖEL-DULAY et al.: Pine plantations on sand have high conservation potential
Ágnes KISSNÉ UZONYI: Variation in groundwater levels in old growth oak forests on the Great Hungarian Plain in the last 75 years
László SZEMETHY: Expansion of Red Deer and afforestation in Hungary
Krisztián KATONA: Feeding habits of Red Deer and game damage in the forests of the Hungarian Great Plain
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:30 Session VII
Zsolt KESERŰ: Experiences of root excavations on dry sandy sites
CSÓR Attila: Gödöllői-dombság erdőgazdasági táj alkalmazott erdőfelújítási eljárásai - erdőssztyepp klíma
MADÁCSI Sándor: Kocsányos tölgyes állományok megújítása, illetve telepítése a Duna-Tisza közi Homokhátságon erdészeti tapasztalatok alapján
18:00-22:30 Dinner on the Rendek Farm
8 October
9:00-10:00 Travel to Nagykőrös
10:00-12:00 Visiting the project sites
György Verő, Katalin Sipos
12:00-13:00 Package lunch in the Pálfája Educational Centre
13:00-15:00 Visiting the project sites
György Verő, Mária Vinczéné Sápi
15:00-16:00 Travel to Kecskemét
The conference programme is being continuously updated on this homepage. The final programme will be sent to the registered attendants by email.
