Conference on Recent Shifts in Vegetation Boundaries of Deciduous Forests, Especially Due to General Global Warming

Shaping the Mountain of Truth: an introduction to the Monte Verità.- Recent vegetation shifts in Switzerland.- Climatic influence on vegetation changes: a verification on regional scale of the Laurophyllisation.- Causes of shifts in vegetation in the past and present.- Vegetation shift and laurophyllisation: the possible role of fires.- Potential impacts of climate change on species richness in mountain forests - an ecological risk assessment.- Vegetation shifts in Central Europe.- An experimental study on the impact of winter temperature on the distribution of Euphorbia amygdaloides L. in Central Germany.- Lianisation and Therophytation as complementary processes of Laurophyllisation.- Evergreen broad-leaved vegetation in the Colchis (in German).- On the Colkhic vegetation.- Arealogical review of Colchic evergreen broad-leaved mesophyllous dendroflora species.- Vegetation and changing environment on Mt. Etna.- Laurophyllisation in Ireland - the case of Rhododendron ponticum.- The historical shift of evergreen broad-leaved forest in East China.- Evergreen broad-leaved forests in Japan and Eastern North America: vegetation shift under climatic warming.- Grassland - forest boundaries in Southern Brazil.- Laurophyllisation of deciduous Nothofagus-forests in Southern Chile.- Workshops.- Workshop I: Laurophyllisation in a global context (“Global Change”).- Workshop II: Research priorities in ecotonal areas from evergreen broad-leaved to deciduous forests in Europe.- Workshop III: Importance of laurophyllisation for Swiss forest policy.