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How can scientific understanding of ecosystems help build resilience to climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, and resource pressures - while supporting human well-being and sustainability? Understanding Ecosystem Resilience - What makes an ecosystem resistant or adaptive to disturbances? Identifying tipping points, thresholds, and recovery processes.
Keywords: ecosystem resilience, climate adaptation and mitigation, tipping points
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Prof. Michael Bahn (University of Innsbruck)29/09/2026, 09:15Oral
This talk will briefly introduce some key concepts related to ecosystem resilience and will illustrate on selected examples how ecosystem experiments have advanced our understanding of the mechanisms underlying drought resilience. The talk will end with some broader conclusions and recommendations highlighting the potential and limitations of enhancing ecosystem resilience in a changing world.
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Alexandru MILCU (CNRS)29/09/2026, 09:45Session 1: Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing WorldOral
The combined impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss are reshaping how ecosystems function, but their interplay remains unclear. One critical gap in our understanding is the role of soil fauna biodiversity in helping ecosystems withstand droughts driven by climate change. To address this, we conducted a three-year ecotron experiment simulating a Mediterranean forest ecosystem. Our goal...
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Outi Meinander (Finnish Meteorological Institute)29/09/2026, 10:00Session 1: Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing WorldOral
Dust in the Arctic is an emerging topic related to ecosystem and climate impacts. The United Nations (UN) General Assembles and the UN Coalition to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) have reiterated that the global frequency, intensity, and duration of Sand and Dust Storms (SDS) have increased in the last decade and that SDS have natural and human causes that can be exacerbated by desertification,...
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Dr Said SLIMANI (Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou, Faculty of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology and Environment, Laboratory of Ecology, Biotechnology and Health, Algeria)29/09/2026, 10:15Session 1: Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing WorldOral
Abstract
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This study investigates the resilience of a conifer (Cedrus atlantica), and two deciduous broadleaf forest tree species (Quercus canariensis and Q. afares) to recurrent drought in the Tellian and Saharan Atlas of northern Algeria. The dendrochronological approach was adopted: two cores from opposite sides were collected from each sampled tree at breast height using an increment... -
Prof. Marcelo Sternberg (School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University,)29/09/2026, 10:30Session 1: Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing WorldOral
Forecasting ecosystem stability under climate change requires moving beyond precipitation totals toward a mechanistic understanding of how rainfall amount and timing, atmospheric demand, soil properties and biological legacies interact. This is especially critical in Mediterranean ecosystems, where annual plant communities experience strongly seasonal rainfall, high interannual variability and...
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Jaana Bäck (University of Helsinki)29/09/2026, 10:45Session 1: Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing WorldOral
Humans have become a geological and ecological force on the planet Earth, leading to numerous pressing environmental challenges threatening the continued well-being of humankind. Biodiversity loss and land use change, climate change, eutrophication and pollution, and unsustainable use of resources demand urgent attention, simply because they threaten the long-term viability and habitability of...
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Dr Ghulam Sarwar (Saudi Aramco)Session 1: Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing WorldPoster
Wetlands in arid environments provide critical biodiversity and ecosystem services despite their limited extent. Saudi Arabia lies at the convergence of major migratory flyways supporting approximately three billion migratory birds annually. However, wetlands face increasing pressures from land-use change, hydrological alteration, and industrial development.
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This study presents a corporate... -
Dr Thi Ly Mai (Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems (AnaEE-ERIC))Session 1: Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing WorldPoster
AnaEE-ERIC is a European research infrastructure connecting experimental facilities, analytical platforms, and modelling tools to investigate ecosystem functioning and responses to environmental change. As new monitoring technologies, phenotyping tools, and digital data systems rapidly emerge from research projects, European research infrastructures face the challenge of translating these...
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Andrew Ikingura (University of Life Sciences in Lublin)Session 1: Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing WorldPoster
Urban ecosystems are shaped by a mosaic of spatial conditions that influence how they absorb disturbance and recover over time. This study explores how spatial heterogeneity, reflected in the coexistence of built up areas, informal green patches, and transitional open spaces, can create resilience pathways within cities. Rather than focusing on engineered interventions, the work highlights how...
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