Conference Agenda

The impact of invasive tree species on temperate forest natural regeneration

Sebastian Bury, Marcin K. Dyderski

Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Plant invasions in grasslands of Switzerland: invaders, spatial patterns and effects on biodiversity

Jürgen Dengler¹, Regula Billeter¹, Klaus Ecker², Hallie Seiler¹, Manuel Babbi¹, Serge Buholzer³, Eva Knop³, Eliane Meier³, Stefan Widmer¹, Thomas Wohlgemuth², Steffen Boch²

¹Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Wädenswil, Switzerland; ²WSL Swiss Federal Research Institute, Birmensdorf, Switzerland; ³Agroscope, Zurich, Switzerland

The ecological footprint of outdoor activities: Factors affecting human-vectored seed dispersal on clothing

Katalin Lukács¹, Ágnes Tóth^1,2, Réka Kiss¹, Balázs Deák¹, Zoltán Rádai¹, Katalin Tóth¹, András Kelemen^1,2, Zoltán Bátori², Alida Anna Hábenczyus², Csaba Tölgyesi², Tamás Miglécz³, Laura Godó¹, Orsolya Valkó¹

¹’Lendület’ Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research; ²University of Szeged, Department of Ecology; ³Hungarian Research Institute for Organic Agriculture

Hitchhiking seeds: the role of off-road vehicles in seed dispersal in protected areas

Laura Godó¹, Sándor Borza^1,2,3, Orsolya Valkó¹, Balázs Deák¹

¹’Lendület’ Seed Ecology Research Group, Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research; ²Juhász-Nagy Pál Doctoral School, University of Debrecen, Hungary; ³Hortobágy National Park Directorate, Hungary