1;CONTENTS;6 2;PREFACE;9 2.1;SHORT REVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM;10 2.2;LAUDATIO TO PROF. FRANCO PEDROTTI;14 3;PROEMINENT PIONEERS OF NATURE CONSERVATION;16 3.1;TRADITIONS IN ROMANIAN SOZOLOGY;17 3.2;JEAN MASSART, PIONNIER DE LA CONSERVATION DE LA NATURE EN BELGIQUE;27 3.3;THE JOURNAL OF RENZO VIDESOTT The " Historical Archives" of Nature Protection in Italy in the period 1944- 1953;47 4;SOCIAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF CONSERVATION;52 4.1;NATURE AND CONSERVATION: A NEW, MORE ACTIVE ROLE FOR UNIVERSITIES;53 4.2;FROM THE PROTECTION OF LANDSCAPE AND " NATURAL BEAUTIES" TO THE DEFENCE OF ECOSYSTEMS IN ITALY;56 4.3;WILD PLANT SPECIES ENDANGERED THROUGH INTENSIVE HARVEST;66 4.4;PEATLANDS OF NORTH-EASTERN EUROPE AND THEIR CONSERVATION;69 5;BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT;75 5.1;WOODY FORMATIONS IN A MESOTHERMIC VALLEY OF TARIJA PROVINCE, BOLIVIA;76 5.2;THE PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY IN TUSCANY;88 5.3;THE REASONS IN FAVOUR OF SETTING UP A NEW NATURAL RESERVE IN THE BLACK SEA SHORE AREA BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH EFORIE ( CONSTAN CONSTAN A COUNTY);91 5.4;ASSESSMENT OF THE VASCULAR FLORA CONSERVATION THROUGH SPECIFIC INDICES - A COMPARISON STUDY IN CENTRAL EUROPE;99 5.5;ANTHROPOGENIC HABITATS CAN SHELTER THREATENED PLANTS;108 5.6;GLOBALLY AND EUROPEAN THREATENED PLANTS PRESENT IN DOBROGEA (SOUTH-EASTERN ROMANIA);117 5.7;BIOGEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BRYOLOGICAL FLORA OF THE " MONTAGNA DI TORRICCHIO" NATURE RESERVE ( CENTRAL ITALY);124 5.8;FIVE NEW SPECIES FOR THE ROMANIAN LICHEN FLORA;132 5.9;THE ECOLOGICAL ROLE OF DEADWOOD IN NATURAL FORESTS;138 5.10;A SYNTAXONOMIC REVIEW OF THERMOPHILOUS SHRUB COMMUNITIES (SYRINGO-CARPINION ORIENTALIS) IN SW ROMANIA;143 5.11;FOREST COMMUNITIES FLORISTICALLY SPECIFIC TO EASTERN ROMANIA;170 5.12;DRY GRASSLANDS OF THE CORHAN HILL - SABED VILLAGE ( MURES COUNTY);182 5.13;THREATENED PLANT COMMUNITIES AS AN INDICATOR OF FISHPONDS VALUE: AN EXAMPLE FROM SILESIA ( SW POLAND);196 5.14;THE SAXON VILLAGES OF SOUTHERN TRANSYLVANIA: CONSERVING BIODIVERSITY IN A HISTORIC LANDSCAPE;200 5.15;BIOTOPE TYPES OF THE TREELINE OF THE CENTRAL GREATER CAUCASUS;212 5.16;THE WATER RESERVOIRS OF THE CONFLUENCE OF THE BISTRI BISTRI A WITH THE SIRET RIVER ( EASTERN ROMANIA) - AN IMPORTANT BIRD AREA;227 5.17;CONSERVATION OF STEPPE BIRDLIFE IN ITALY;236 6;CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONSERVATION BIOLOGY;241 6.1;CONSERVATION OF DECIDUOUS TREE SPECIES IN EUROPE: PROJECTING POTENTIAL RANGES AND CHANGES;242 6.2;DETERMINISM, CHAOS AND STOCHASTICITY IN PLANT COMMUNITY SUCCESSIONS: CONSEQUENCES FOR PHYTOSOCIOLOGY AND CONSERVATION ECOLOGY;255 6.3;PHYTOSOCIOLOGIE MODERNE ET CONSERVATION RATIONNELLE DE LA NATURE;268 6.4;ANATOMY OF THE ENDANGERED PLANT GLAUCIUM FLAVUM Cr., OCCURRING ON THE ROMANIAN BLACK SEA LITTORAL;274 6.5;STEPPE-FOREST SUCCESSION AS A CONSERVATION PROBLEM;282 6.6;CLONAL GROWTH MODES IN PLANT COMMUNITIES ALONG A STRESS GRADIENT IN THE CENTRAL APENNINES, ITALY;290 6.7;RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHENOLOGY AND ABOVE-GROUND PHYTOMASS IN A GRASSLAND COMMUNITY IN CENTRAL ITALY;310 6.8;EVALUATION OF THE ITALIAN APENNINE ECOSYSTEMS WITH RESPECT TO ANATOMICAL AND ETHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROE DEER;329 7;CONSERVATION PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT;337 7.1;PLANECO - PLANNING IN ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS;338 7.2;THE CARTOGRAPHY OF LANDSCAPE UNITS IN SÃO BENTO DO SAPUCAÍ - SERRA DA MANTIQUEIRA ( SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL);344 7.3;ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION;359 7.4;THE MODENA BOTANIC GARDEN: PLANT CONSERVATION AND HABITAT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES;370 7.5;FOREST MANAGEMENT IN PROTECTED AREAS IN ITALY;381 7.6;TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF THE RURAL AREAS IN WALLONIA ( BELGIUM);393 8;NATURE CONSERVATION IN PRACTICE;402 8.1;EFFECTS OF IRRIGATION ON SWAMP FORESTS DRAINED BY LIGNITE MINING;403 8.2;AUTOCHTHONY AND CONSERVATION OF A RELICT POPULATION OF ABIES ALBA MILLER IN THE APUAN ALPS REGIONAL PARK (TUSCANY - ITALY);418 8.3;DUNE SLACKS - AN ENDANGERED HABITAT IN THE CONFLICT BETWEEN NATURE CONSERVATION AND GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT;4