Economy on Top, Nature on the Brink? A Closer Look on the
Relationship Between Economic Power and Threatened Nature . . . . . . . 195
Thomas Gaens, Volker Müller-Benedict, and Carsten Hobohm
From Onlookers to Ecosystem-Assistants: Exploring the Potentials
of Ecological Restoration Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Mattias Sandberg and Andreas Skriver Hansen
Part III Perspectives, Predictions and Solutions
Distribution and Habitat Affinity of Endemic and Threatened Species:
Global and European Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Carsten Hobohm, Michaela Moro-Richter, and Carl Beierkuhnlein
Coastal Habitats, Shallow Seas and Inland Saline Steppes: Ecology,
Distribution, Threats and Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Carsten Hobohm, Joop Schaminée, and Nils van Rooijen
Wetlands: Challenges and Possibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Martin Lindner and Carsten Hobohm
Development and Future of Grassland Ecosystems: Do We Need
a Paradigm Shift? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Carsten Hobohm, Monika Janišová, and Hans-Christoph Vahle
Heathland, Scrub and Savanna: Overview, Recent Trends
and Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Nadja El Balti
Forest Ecosystems: A Functional and Biodiversity Perspective . . . . . . . . 383
Andreas Fichtner and Werner Härdtle
The Future of Agricultural Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Joop H. J. Schaminée and Nils M. van Rooijen
Urban Habitats: Cities and Their Potential for Nature Protection . . . . . 425
Jan Jansen and Carsten Hobohm
Part IV Synthesis Report
Land Use Change and the Future of Biodiversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Carsten Hobohm, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Christine Börtitz, V. Ralph Clark,
Nadja El Balti, Andreas Fichtner, Scott Franklin, Thomas Gaens,
Werner Härdtle, Andreas Skriver Hansen, Monika Janišová, Jan Jansen,
Martin Lindner, Michaela Moro-Richter, Volker Müller-Benedict,
Konrad Ott, Karl Christoph Reinmuth, Nils M. van Rooijen,
Mattias Sandberg, Joop H. J. Schamineé, Cindy Q. Tang,
Hans-Christoph Vahle, and Sula E. Vanderplank
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Relationship Between Economic Power and Threatened Nature . . . . . . . 195
Thomas Gaens, Volker Müller-Benedict, and Carsten Hobohm
From Onlookers to Ecosystem-Assistants: Exploring the Potentials
of Ecological Restoration Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Mattias Sandberg and Andreas Skriver Hansen
Part III Perspectives, Predictions and Solutions
Distribution and Habitat Affinity of Endemic and Threatened Species:
Global and European Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Carsten Hobohm, Michaela Moro-Richter, and Carl Beierkuhnlein
Coastal Habitats, Shallow Seas and Inland Saline Steppes: Ecology,
Distribution, Threats and Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Carsten Hobohm, Joop Schaminée, and Nils van Rooijen
Wetlands: Challenges and Possibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Martin Lindner and Carsten Hobohm
Development and Future of Grassland Ecosystems: Do We Need
a Paradigm Shift? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Carsten Hobohm, Monika Janišová, and Hans-Christoph Vahle
Heathland, Scrub and Savanna: Overview, Recent Trends
and Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Nadja El Balti
Forest Ecosystems: A Functional and Biodiversity Perspective . . . . . . . . 383
Andreas Fichtner and Werner Härdtle
The Future of Agricultural Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Joop H. J. Schaminée and Nils M. van Rooijen
Urban Habitats: Cities and Their Potential for Nature Protection . . . . . 425
Jan Jansen and Carsten Hobohm
Part IV Synthesis Report
Land Use Change and the Future of Biodiversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Carsten Hobohm, Carl Beierkuhnlein, Christine Börtitz, V. Ralph Clark,
Nadja El Balti, Andreas Fichtner, Scott Franklin, Thomas Gaens,
Werner Härdtle, Andreas Skriver Hansen, Monika Janišová, Jan Jansen,
Martin Lindner, Michaela Moro-Richter, Volker Müller-Benedict,
Konrad Ott, Karl Christoph Reinmuth, Nils M. van Rooijen,
Mattias Sandberg, Joop H. J. Schamineé, Cindy Q. Tang,
Hans-Christoph Vahle, and Sula E. Vanderplank
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