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THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION CONFERENCE ABSTRACT ORGANIZERS Conference Secretariat Conference Scientific Secretariat di&co Pyrenean Institute of Ecology-CSIC. Paseo de Sagasta, 19. Entlo dcha Avd. Montañana, 1005, Apdo. 202 50008 Zaragoza. Spain 50. 080 - Zaragoza. Spain Phone Number: +34 976 211 748, http://www.ipe.csic.es Fax +34 976 212 959) [email protected] Chairperson: Prof. Francisco A. Comín, [email protected] Coordinator: Dr. Mercedes García, [email protected] Society for Ecological Restoration International http://www.ser.org 285 W. 18th St., #1, Tucson, AZ 85701, Ph nº: 520-622-5485, F:520-622-5491 Chair Keith Bowers, [email protected] Treasurer Suzanne Tuttle, [email protected] Steve Patterson, [email protected] Southeast us representative Secretary David Borland, [email protected] Karen rodríguez, [email protected] Western us representative Asia/pacific representative Cindy Roessler, [email protected] Kingsley Dixon, [email protected] Representative-at-large Euro-mediterranean representative George Gann, [email protected] Jim Harris, [email protected] Representative-at-large Latin america/caribbean representative Bill Halvorson, [email protected] Carolina Murcia, [email protected] Representative-at-large Midwest us representative Lucinda Jackson, [email protected] Bonnie Harper-Lore, Bonnie.Harper- Representative-at-large [email protected] Rudy van Diggelen, [email protected] Northeast us/canada representative Representative-at-large John Munro, [email protected] Al Unwin - Niagara Collage, Northwest us representative [email protected] Steve Moddemeyer, [email protected] Representative-at-large Rocky mt./great plains representative Steve Whisenant, [email protected] Executive director: Mary Kay C. LeFevour, [email protected] Membership Coordination: Jana Franz, [email protected] Director of comunication: Jack Reeves Development Associate: Judy Ciampoli, [email protected] Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza-CIHEAM http://www.iamz.ciheam.org Director Luis Esteruelas Department of Environment Mª Teresa Aguinaco, [email protected] 2005 The World Conference on Ecological Restoration 3 HONOUR COMMITTEE SS. AA. RR. Los Príncipes de Asturias. Sra. Dña. Cristina Narbona. Minister of the Environment. Spain Government. Sr. D. Alfredo Boné. Consejero of the Environment. Aragón Government. Sr. D. Alberto Larraz. Consejero for Science, Technology and University. Aragón Government. Mr. Keith Bowers. President Society for Ecological Restoration International. SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Edith Allen. University of California. USA. Claude Amoros. University Claude Bernard. France. James Aronson. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. France. Francisco A. Comín. Pyrinean Institute of Ecology.CSIC. Spain. Kris Decleer. Institute for Nature Conservation. Belgium. Shivcharn Dhillion. Agricultural University of Norway Norway Diego García de Jalón. Politechnic University of Madrid. Spain Ab Grootjans. University of Groningen. The Netherlands. Stefan Halle. University of Jena. Germany. James Harris. Cranfield University. U.K. Jorge Herrera. CINVESTAV-IPN. Mexico. Richard Hobbs. Murdoch University. W. Australia. Eric Higgs. University of Victoria. Canada. Sven Jorgensen. Danish University Pharmaceutical Sciences. Denmark. Patrick Meire. University of Antwerp. Belgium. William J. Mitsch. Ohio State University. USA. Peter Poschlod. University of Regensburg. Germany. Karel Prach. University of South Bohemia. Czech Republik. Jose M. Rey-Benayas. University of Alcalá. Spain Anne Tolvanen. The Finnish Forest Research Institute. Finland Katalin Torok. Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Hungary. Ramon Vallejo. CEAM Foundation. Spain. Rudy van Diggelen. University of Groningen. The Netherlands. Steve Whisenant. Texas A&M University. USA. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chairperson: Francisco A. Comín. Pyrenean Institute of Ecology. CSIC. Spain. President SER-Europe: Rudy van Diggelen. Groningen. The Netherlands Secretary SER-Europe: Melinda Halassy. Budapest. Hungary. Past European Conference Chairperson: Katalin Törok. Budapest. Hungary SER International Executive Director: Mary. K. LeFevour. Tucson. USA SER International Conference Working Group: William L. Halvorson. Tucson. USA Director IAMZ-CIHEAM: Luis Esteruelas. Zaragoza. Spain. LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Coordinator. Mercedes García. IPE-CSIC. Zaragoza. M Teresa Aguinaco. IAMZ-CIHEAM. Zaragoza. Adela Lamana IPE-CSIC. Zaragoza. Miguel Alvarez. Environmental Sciences Center-CSIC. Madrid. Margarita Menéndez. University of Barcelona. Luis Balaguer. University of Madrid. Madrid. Barcelona. Alvaro Cabezas. IPE-CSIC. Zaragoza. Sonia Moreno. IPE-CSIC. Zaragoza. Cecilia Ciancarelli. IPE-CSIC. Zaragoza. Jose M. Nicolau. University of Alcalá. Madrid. Jordi Cortina. University of Alicante. Alicante. Alfredo Ollero University of Zaragoza. Zaragoza. Mª R. Luisa Dehesa. IPE-CSIC. Zaragoza. Cesar Pedrocchi. IPE-CSIC. Jaca. Huesca. Mª Paz Errea. IPE-CSIC. Zaragoza. Xavier Quintana. University of Girona.Girona. Belinda Gallardo Armas. IPE-CSIC. Zaragoza. Ricardo Sorando. Asociación de Guías Laguna de Gallocanta. Zaragoza Mª Begoña García. IPE-CSIC. Zaragoza. Fernando Valladares. Environmental Science Center- Jose Manuel García. IPE-CSIC. Zaragoza. CSIC. Madrid. Daniel Gómez. IPE-CSIC. Jaca. Huesca Regino Zamora. University of Granada. Granada. Eduardo González. IPE-CSIC. Zaragoza. Andy Green. Doñana Biological Station-CSIC. Sevilla Society for Ecological Restoration International 2005 World Conference on Ecological Restoration Zaragoza, Spain, Europe 12-18 September 2005 Preface This volume contains abstracts accepted for presentation at the 2005 World Conference on Ecological Restoration. They have been distributed in different sessions according to the appropriate conference program and the author’s specifications, as much as possible. The Conference Program includes global, landscape, ecosystem, habitat, population, social, economic, urban, damaged and contaminated sites, and technical aspects of environmental restoration, as well as symposia proposed and arranged by participants. Abstracts are arranged alphabetically in three groups (plenary, oral, and poster presentations) to facilitate organization. Texts have not been edited to respect original documents The name of each presenter is underlined. There is an author index at the end of the volume. Thanks are extended to the Local Organizing Committee, the Scientific Com- mittee, and to SER International staff for help in evaluating the abstracts and planning the conference program. If there are questions or requirements relat- ed to this volume and scientific aspects of the conference, we remain at your disposition. Francisco A. Comín Mercedes García Chairman Coordinator 2005 World Conference on Ecological Restoration Tabla de contenidos Plenary Sessions . 9 Oral Presentations . 19 Poster Presentations . 175 Author Index . 265 PLENARY SESSIONS 2005 The World Conference on Ecological Restoration 11 The Alexander River Restoration Project as a Bridge Between Israelis and Palestinians Amos Brandeis* and Rayeq Hamad** *Alexander River Restoration Administration, and RestorationPlanning Inc., Israel. [email protected]. www.RestorationPlanning.com ** Water and Sewage Department, Tul Karem Municipality, Palestine. [email protected] History is replete with examples of wars and conflicts related to water and rivers. The Alexander River Restoration Project, is a recent example of how a cross-border river can be an opportunity for cooperation between people who are in conflict, rather than the reason for the conflict. The Alexander River flows from the Palestinian city of Nablus, through Vadi Zaymar, up to the estu- ary of the Mediterranean Sea in Israel. It crosses under the separation wall in a large pipe, next to the Palestinian city of Tul Karem. The Alexander River Restoration Project, launched in Israel in 1995, is a comprehensive, interdisci- plinary environmental project. The restored parts of the river, the ground water that both sides use for drinking, and the people who live on both sides of the wall suffered from the raw sewage which caused severe environmental and health problems. Since 1996 the brave local Palestinian and Israeli leaders from Tul Karem and Emek Hefer and their professional teams, have been co- operating on this environmental project. Two agreements, unique in nature, were signed, a joint plan was prepared, and with the assistance and mediation of the German government, works have been carried out to reduce the pollu- tion. The rehabilitation of the sewage treatment ponds of Tul Karem was com- pleted, and solved part of the severe environmental problems the people of Tul Karem face. Large scale plans remain for the coming years. The remaining question is: Can this unique cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians, which survived even during the most difficult times, be an example for a better future in the Middle East and elsewhere? Keywords: River restoration, joint environmental project, cross-border river, environmental cooperation, environmental conflicts, Alexander River. 12 Plenary Sessions The Value of a Restored Earth and its contribution to a sustainable and desirable future Dr. Robert Costanza Gund Institute of Ecological Economics, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-1708. [email protected], http://www.uvm.edu/giee