Organized by:
Susan Wiser -- Landcare Research, Christchurch, NZ (WiserS@landcareresearch.co.nz)
Robert K. Peet  -- Univ. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA (peet@unc.edu)

Presentations:

Databases and software
Susan Wiser: Overview of progress in bioinfomatics. [PowerPoint]

Lubomír Tichý M Chytry, Z Botta-Dukat, M Hajek & SS Talbot: OPTIMCLASS: Simultaneous identification of optimal clustering method and optimal number of clusters in vegetation classification studies. [PowerPoint]

Nobuyuki Tanaka, I Tsuyama, T Matsui, K Shimada & H Taoda: Constructing the Phytosociological Relevé Database (PRDB) for temporal and spatial assessment of plant species distribution. [PowerPoint]

Kevin Burns: Is tree diversity different down-under? [PowerPoint]

Lubomír Tichý: Demonstration of JUICE – software for analysis and classification of ecological data.

Large scale data syntheses
Jean-Claude Gégout, C Piedallu, I Seynave, JC Hervé: Large scale mapping of soil pH by plant presence / absence bioindication. [PowerPoint]

Janet Franklin: Predictive modeling of vegetation distributions. [PowerPoint]

Jake Overton: Patterns of plant species richness and turnover in the New Zealand forest: Results from new methods of community analysis. [PowerPoint]

Milan Chytrý, V Jarošík, P Pyšek, O Hájek, I Knollová, L Tichý & J Danihelka: Disentangling the effects of habitat properties and propagule pressure on plant invasions using an ecoinformatics approach. [PowerPoint]

Data syntheses across time
Alessandro Chiarucci, G Bacaro & D Rocchini: A probabilistic approach to biodiversity monitoring in the European Natura2000 network. [PowerPoint]

Wim Ozinga, JHJ Schaminée & JM Van Groenendael: Long-term changes in species composition in the Netherlands in response to changing land-use. [PowerPoint]

James Rosson: Temporal stand dynamics in forests over a large-scale sampling regime on the Interior Highlands of Arkansas, USA. [PowerPoint]

Discussion on future directions in bioinfomatics: Leader - Susan Wiser.