E-raamat: Landscape Modelling and Decision Support

Modelling and simulation of agricultural landscapes.- Challenges and
perspectives for integrated landscape modelling to support sustainable land
use management in agrolandscapes.- Application of ecosystem modelling
methodology on rural areas of Crimea - Systematic approach.- Integral
assessment of condition and sustainability of socio-ecological-economic
systems.- The use of observation methods and model approaches for estimating
regional crop evapotranspiration and yield in agro-landscapes.- Development
of landscape-adaptive land use of the Upper Volga region based on
geostatistical methods.- Modelling of the suitability of lands to the
agrarian use and their resistance to negative processes.- A GIS-based model
for the enhancement of rural landscapes: the case-study of Valdera - Tuscany
(Italy).- Models for describing landscape hydrochemical discharge in mountain
countries.- Agent-based modelling of a simple synthetic rangeland ecosystem.-
The use of multitemporal spectral informationto improve the classification of
agricultural crops in landscapes.- Global evaluation of the status and
sustainability of terrestrial landscapes and water bodies.- Spatial
Estimation of Estonian Forest Landscapes Soil Cover Humus Status: Methods,
Model samples and Assessments.- Dynamics of soil organic matter in
agricultural landscapes.- Model based assessment of nutrient load into water
bodies from different landscape types.- Model-based estimation of irrigation
water demand for different agricultural crops under climate change, presented
for the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany.- Forecasting scanning branches
of the hysteresis soil water-retention capacity for calculation of precise
irrigation rates in agrolandscapes using a mathematical model.- Estimation of
Leaf Area Index (LAI) of Russian Forests Using a Mechanical Model and Forest
Inventory Data.- Assessment approach of the spatial wheat cultivation risk
for the main cereal cropping regions of Russia.- Model based forecasting
winter wheat yields using landscape and climate data.- Actual and model-based
assessment of Castor fiber populations for different reserves in the European
part of Russia and their impact on ecosystems.- Modelling biodiversity and
ecosystem services trade-offs in agricultural landscapes to support planning
and policy-making.- Simulating the Effects of Agrochemicals and Other
Risk-Bearing Management Measures on the Terrestrial Agrobiodiversity: the
RISKMIN Approach.- LandCaRe-DSS An interactive model-based decision support
system for assessing the impacts of climate change on agriculture and
agricultural landscapes.- A spatial analysis framework to assess responses of
agricultural landscapes to climates and soils at regional scale.- Integrated
modelling approach for land-use changes on different scales.- Assessment of
soybeans crop management strategies using crop growth models for Central
Brazil.- Estimation of Agro-landscape Productivity in Regional Scale using
Dynamic Crop Models in a GIS Environment.- Landscape phenology modelling and
decision support in Serbia.

Wilfried Mirschel has been a Senior Scientist at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) Müncheberg, Germany, since 1992. He studied Mathematics at the State University Donetsk, Ukraine, and graduated in 1982 with a doctorate in Agriculture. From 1977 to 1991, he worked at the Research Centre for Soil Fertility Müncheberg. His fields of work include agro-ecosystem modelling, landscape system analysis, regional modelling, model-based climate impact research, complex decision support systems for landscape development, and methods and models for irrigation management. Wilfried Mirschel has authored more than 300 publications, including more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters. He has established an international cooperation in the fields of process and regional modeling, and has been involved in education at universities in Germany and Russia. Vitaly Terleev is a Professor at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia. He studied Physics at Omsk State University, USSR, graduating in 1989 with a candidate degree in Agricultural Meteorology. He received his Doctor in Agricultural Science (Agrophysics) degree in 2002. From 1991 to 2001, he worked at St. Petersburg State University, and since 2004, he has been working at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Vitaly Terleev specialises in modelling soil water and soil nutrient processes in agro-ecosystems and in describing hydrophysical soil properties. He has participated in many national and international research projects and has published over 230 papers, including more than 30 peer-reviewed articles, as well as five books. He has established a fruitful international scientific cooperation network and contributes to the work of various organizations and working groups with his knowledge and experience. Karl-Otto Wenkel is a Guest Scientist at theLeibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) Müncheberg, Germany. He studied Melioration and Crop Sciences at the University of Rostock and Agricultural Informatics at the Martin Luther University Halle, Germany. In 1975, he graduated with a doctorate in Agriculture, and in 2004 he became an Honorary Professor at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia. From 1971 to 1991, he worked at the Research Centre for Soil Fertility Münchenberg. From 1992 until his retirement in 2013, he was the Head of the Institute of Landscape Systems Analysis at ZALF. He has extensive experience in the fields of integrated landscape modelling, decision support systems, river basin management, irrigation scheduling, and precision agriculture. He has published more than 200 papers, including more than 80 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.