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5TH WORKSHOP OF THE EWRS WORKING GROUP:
WEEDS & BIODIVERSITY
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
17-19 November 2014
Aula 14 at DAF in Via Cardinale Maffi 27
FINAL PROGRAMME
Monday 17 November
13.00 Get together at main building of Scuola Sant’Anna and lunch at canteen (Piazza Martiri della Libertà 27)
14.00 – 18.00 Scientific Session chaired by Paula Westerman (aula 14 in Via Cardinale Maffi 27, Pisa)
14.00
14.10
14.20
14.40
14.45
15.05
15.25
15.45
16.00
16.20
16.40
17.00
17.20
18.00
Opening
Paula Westerman
Welcome
Paolo Bàrberi
Where do we come from - history of the WG
Bàrbel Gerowitt
Session ‘Agriculture and Biodiversity’
Crops and field margins of Poland as habitats of rare weed species and Crop Wild Relatives
Denise Dostatny
The impact of management on weeds and aquatic plant communities in Hungarian rice paddy
fields
Gyula Pinke
Decline of arable weed species in Southern Germany - a comparison of vegetation recordings from
the last 60 years
Matthias Schumacher
Break
Effects of poplar wood chips and CCPs of Maize on weed species composition
Nevena Nol
Hairy vetch cover crop affects weed diversity and composition in no-till sunflower
Stefano Carlesi
Factors affecting weed diversity and community composition in Latvia
Zane Mintale
Weed diversity responses to conservation agriculture practices in a cereal-legume rotation
Agnes Salat
General Discussion
Closure
20.00 Dinner in the old city centre (at own cost)
Tuesday 18 November
9.00 - 13.00 Scientific sessions chaired by Camilla Moonen
9.00
9.05
9.25
9.45
10.05
10.05
10.25
10.45
11.00
11.20
11.40
12.00
12.20
12.40
Session ‘Sampling & Assessing Biodiversity’
Why and how studying rare segetal plants ?
Henri Darmency
Functional diversity of weed communities: a database of functional traits
Paolo Bàrberi
Is the weed assembly of maize fields affected by maize cropping ten years before? – RDA and
“manyglm” in comparison
Christoph von Redwitz
Session ‘Ecological Services’
Weeds as sources of pests and natural enemies: consequences for agro-ecosystem management
Josiane Le Corff
Sainfoin (Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.) as a beneficial crop increasing plant biodiversity and reducing weed
infestations in following crops.
Ana Isabel Marí León
Break
Session ‘Seed Predation’
Pre-dispersal seed mortality in Centaurea cyanus
Henri Darmency
The duration of seed burial in soil affects consumption rates by carabid beetles after exhumation
Pavel Saska
Large-scale trends in the spatial distribution of harvester ant nests may facilitate weed persistence
Paula Westerman
The impact of post-dispersal seed predation on weed population dynamics of Echinochloa crus-galli in
maize monoculture
Heike Pannwitt
General Discussion
13.00-14.00 Lunch at canteen
14.00-18.00 Common research proposals
14.00
15.30
17.00
17.15
18.00
Collaborative work on ‘weed biodiversity’
Bàrbel Gerowitt
Collaborative work on ‘seed predation ring experiments’
Paula Westerman
Break
Election of new WG coordinator and other WG issues
Closure
20.00 Social Dinner
Wednesday 19 November
9.00 – 13.00 Interactive Session ‘Targeting communication tools – content, pictures and graphics – about
biodiversity strategies towards stakeholders and potential financing organizations’ chaired by Chiara Tuoni
9.00
9.15
9.45
10.30
10.45
12.45
13.00
Introduction to the interactive session
Where are we going – research in ‘Weeds and Biodiversity’ and requirements of H2020
Paolo Bàrberi
Group work
Break
Group work
Wrapping up
End of Workshop
Camilla Moonen(for local organising team) and new coordinator
13.00 End of workshop and lunch at canteen
Content of the Interactive Session
TARGETING COMMUNICATION TOOLS – CONTENT, PICTURES AND GRAPHICS – ABOUT BIODIVERSITY
STRATEGIES TOWARDS STAKEHOLDERS AND POTENTIAL FINANCING ORGANIZATIONS
Dr. Chiara Tuoni – Communication Consultant
To obtain concrete benefits from knowledge about the interactions between weed management (WM) and
biodiversity (B) (i.e. WM for B and B for WM), a gap has to be bridged between the research community and
societal needs.
The objective of this lecture is to improve the relevance of weeds and biodiversity research for stakeholders and
potential financing organizations through target oriented communication.
Three key issues will be addressed:
1.
Content and language selection
2.
Pictures and illustrations planning and valorization
3.
Elements of visual and communication design
Based on these key issues, an interactive exercise will be held, aimed at designing three posters explaining weeds
and biodiversity research to three different targets:
1. Research community, focused on scientific knowledge gaps, research priorities and research agenda
2. Potential financing organizations, highlighting social relevance of research on weeds and biodiversity
3. End users, highlighting available useful results and their implementation to obtain concrete advantages
from an improved weed management.