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August 26, 2024

09:00 to 10:00

Main Entrance Eurac Research Headquarter

Registration

10:00 to 12:00

Conference Hall

workshop

12:00 to 13:30

Lunch break

Lunch in one of the restaurants/bars close by (to be paid by each participant)

13:30 to 17:00

workshop

Excursion

Excursion to Ritten/Renon (cable car ride to be paid by each participant)

18:00 to 19:00

Museum of Nature South Tyrol

19:00 to 20:30

Museum of Nature South Tyrol

Ice Breaker

Aperitif and visit of the Museum of Nature South Tyrol

August 27, 2024 - 1st Conference day

07:45 to 08:30

Registration

08:30 to 08:45

Conference Hall

Opening Ceremony

Keynote

08:45 to 09:30

Conference Hall

Grasslands as important habitat for animals

09:30 to 09:45

Conference Hall

09:45 to 10:00

Conference Hall

10:00 to 10:15

Conference Hall

10:15 to 10:30

Conference Hall

10:30 to 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 to 11:15

Conference Hall

11:15 to 11:30

Conference Hall

11:30 to 11:45

Conference Hall

11:45 to 12:00

Conference Hall

The role of high nature value grasslands for insect conservation in an Alpine region

12:00 to 12:15

Conference Hall

12:15 to 12:30

Conference Hall

12:30 to 12:45

Conference Hall

12:45 to 13:00

Conference Hall

13:00 to 14:30

Lunch break

Measuring and classifying biodiversity in grasslands

14:30 to 14:45

Conference Hall

14:45 to 15:00

Conference Hall

15:00 to 15:15

Conference Hall

15:15 to 15:30

Conference Hall

15:30 to 15:45

Conference Hall

15:45 to 16:00

Coffee Break

Managing & restoring grasslands

16:00 to 16:15

Conference Hall

16:15 to 16:30

Conference Hall

16:30 to 16:45

Conference Hall

16:45 to 17:00

Conference Hall

17:00 to 17:15

Conference Hall

August 28, 2024 - Mid-Conference-Excursion

08:00 to 18:00

August 29, 2024 - 2nd Conference day

Keynote

08:00 to 08:45

Conference Hall

Managing & restoring grasslands

08:45 to 09:00

09:00 to 09:15

Conference Hall

09:15 to 09:30

Conference Hall

09:30 to 09:45

Conference Hall

09:45 to 10:00

Conference Hall

10:00 to 10:15

Conference Hall

10:15 to 10:45

Coffee Break

Poster Session

10:45 to 10:50

Conference Hall

Poster Session

10:50 to 10:55

Conference Hall

Poster Session

10:55 to 11:00

Conference Hall

Poster Session

11:00 to 11:05

Conference Hall

Poster Session

11:05 to 11:10

Conference Hall

Poster Session

11:10 to 11:15

Conference Hall

Poster Session

11:15 to 11:20

Conference Hall

Poster Session

11:20 to 11:25

Conference Hall

Poster Session

11:25 to 11:30

Conference Hall

Poster Session

11:30 to 11:35

Conference Hall

Poster Session

11:35 to 11:40

Conference Hall

Poster Session

11:40 to 11:45

Conference Hall

Poster Session

11:45 to 11:50

Conference Hall

Poster Session

11:50 to 11:55

Conference Hall

Poster Session

11:55 to 12:00

Conference Hall

Poster Session

12:00 to 12:05

Conference Hall

Poster Session

12:05 to 12:10

Conference Hall

Poster Session

12:10 to 12:15

Conference Hall

Poster Session

12:15 to 12:20

Conference Hall

Poster Session

12:20 to 12:25

Conference Hall

Poster Session

12:25 to 12:30

Conference Hall

Poster Session

12:45 to 14:00

Lunch break

Keynote

14:00 to 14:45

Protecting grasslands

14:45 to 15:00

Conference Hall

15:00 to 15:15

Conference Hall

15:15 to 15:30

Conference Hall

15:30 to 15:45

Conference Hall

15:45 to 16:00

Conference Hall

16:00 to 17:00

Seminar Room 1-2-3

Coffee Break and Poster Session

General Assembly

17:00 to 18:15

General Assembly

Grassland Party

18:15 to 00:00

Grassland Party

August 30, 2024 - Start of Post-Conference-Excursion

08:15 to 15:00

Post Conference Excursion

Departure of the Post-Conference-Excursion: 30 August at 8.15 am close to Eurac: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VutzmWkSSkLRQ3DB7

End of the Post-Conference-Excursion: 1 September at 3 pm close to Eurac: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VutzmWkSSkLRQ3DB7

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August 26, 2024

Registration

Workshop on insects in grasslands

Elia Guariento

Lisa Obwegs

Andreas Hilpold

Lunch break

Excursion

Opening talk

Thomas Wilhalm

Andreas Hilpold

Ice Breaker

August 27, 2024 - 1st Conference day

Registration

Opening Ceremony

Birds of mountain grasslands: a steep hill to climb for conservationists

Mattia Brambilla

Efficiency of birds as bioindicators for other taxa in mountain grasslands

Matteo Anderle

The functional roles of insects in grassland ecosystems

Stephen Venn

The role of invertebrates and microbes in shaping alpine grasslands soil respiration

Magdalena Nagler

Changes in the Orthoptera communities of the Tatra Mountains (Carpathians) from1950s to 2020s

Karol Wałach

Coffee Break

Extensive management practices and natural structural elements enhance bat conservation in mountain agricultural landscapes

Chiara Paniccia

Acoustic monitoring and automated identification of grassland bird communities in an Alpine environment

Jarek Scanferla

Ant nests increase litter decomposition to mitigate the negative effect of warming in an alpine grassland ecosystem

Binyu Luo

The role of high nature value grasslands for insect conservation in an Alpine region

Elia Guariento

Relaxation of management practices promotes butterfly communities in mountain grasslands

Isabelle Arnold

Evaluating the impact of grassland management on wild bee communities along an elevational gradient

Lisa Obwegs

Changes in network properties influence pollination services in plant-pollinator communities in an East-Asian mega-city area

Atsushi Ushimaru

Investigating pollinator communities and pollination networks throughout the summer season in Central Italy

Sara Moscatelli

Lunch break

Beta diversity at boundaries higher than in patch interiors

Benito Schöpke

Overview of plot-based field spectroradiometric measurements for Mongolian grassland

Bayartungalag Batsaikhan

Changes in multifaceted biodiversity across spatial scales and grassland types

Denys Vynokurov

The syntaxonomical position of Brometalia rubenti-tectorum Mediterranean ruderal grasslands

Giuliano Fanelli

Vegetation of species-rich grasslands of the forest-steppe and Submediterranean areas of Europe and its determinants (PhD project)

Karolína Slachová

Coffee Break

Challenges and Solutions in the Restoration of Dry Continental Grasslands in Brandenburg / Germany

Matthias Sudau

Bison, cattle, and horse differ in diet, indicating their complementary roles in sustaining species-rich and heterogeneous grasslands

Szymon Czyżewski

Effects of micro-relief heterogeneity on forage quality and biomass yield of managed fen grasslands

Bahareh Kamali

Management intensity effects on plant species richness in semi-natural grasslands in Switzerland

Esther Dale

Trait Plasticity vs. Species Turnover: Grazing Effects on Temperate Grasses in the Scottish Uplands

Susan Eshelman

August 28, 2024 - Mid-Conference-Excursion

Mid-Conference-Excursion

August 29, 2024 - 2nd Conference day

Grassland plant diversity and their dynamics from a functional, biogeographic, environmental, management and conservation background

Camilla Wellstein

Evaluation of soil seed bank restoration potential in rangelands of the Kyzylkum desert along degradation gradients

Abdubakir Kushbokov

Effectiveness of four different seed trap-types in a pampa grassland

Alois Fundneider

The interplay between management and environmental conditions influences Alpine grasslands’ ecosystem services (Eastern Alps, Italy)

Federico Maria Tardella

From an intensively used meadow to a biodiversity hotspot: The projekt “colourful grassland” restores grassland in the Allgäu since 2018

Klara Hansen

Acoustic monitoring and automated identification of grassland bird communities in an Alpine environment 