1. AFSV2015 Annual Meeting in Romania Travel route, overnight stops A - D and Excursion sites 1 - 6

2. AFSV2015 Annual Meeting in Romania Travel route, overnight stops A - D and Excursion sites 1 - 6 lowland (Pan) highland (Con) mountains (Alp)

3. 2a 3 4 5a 5b 6 1 Relationships between sea level and temperatures and sea level and precipitation for the 7 selected stations (AFSV2015 excursion sites 1 - 6). AFSV2015 Annual Meeting in Romania Climatic gradients collineplanar submontane montanesubalpine lower mid-upper low- land h i g h l a n dm o u n t a i n s 1 2a 3 4 5a 5b 6 lower

4. Pannonic-Balkanic turkey oak-sessile oak forests (Quercetum frainetto-cerris) 1 Impact factor biological invasions Crown dieback trees Acer tataricum Fraxinus ornus Quercus cerris Quercus frainetto lowland 150 m asl: 10.0°C; 565 mm jan. -1,7; july + 20°C EQ = 35 ( outsite of xeric db-limit of beech )

5. 3 Ancient cultural landscape with long habitat continuity and heterogeneous disturbance Great capricorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo) larval feeding tunnels Horse-drawn excursions highland 530 m asl: 8.0°C; 619 mm jan. -4,3; july +18,1°C EQ = 30 (xeric db-limit of beech)

6. Wilderness of the Eastern Carpathians 4-6 Picea abies + Pinus cembra Mountains old growth forests t i m b e r l ine e n i l 800 m asl: 5.6°C; 750 mm jan. -5,8; july +16,0°C 1700 m asl: 1.2°C; 1100 mm jan. -7,1; July +9,1°C 1200 m asl: 3.5°C; 790 mm jan. -6,8; july +13,1°C beech, fir spruce 1200 800 1700 beech EQ = 20 (subm-mont) EQ = 15 (mid-/upper mont) EQ <10 (subalp. timberline) inner alpine zone GAMS continentality index

7. Target date: second half of June 2015 Open jaw flight: arrival in Timisoara, departure from Sibiu Duration: Saturday to Saturday (incl. arrival and departure) Estimated costs per person: Flight Bed and breakfast (7 times ) Proportional costs for bus journey in Romania miscellaneous (lunch, guidance, gifts etc.) 500 - 600 € per person should be sufficient 220 € 200 € 80 € 60 € -------- 560 € Organisatorical items