1. UN expert group meeting on “ Sustainable land management and agricultural practices in Africa: Bridging the gap between research and farmers” April 16 – 17, 2009, University of Gothenburg, Sweden .

2. Andrew N Gillison Center for Biodiversity Management Queensland, Australia email: [email_address] www.cbmglobe.org ‘ Agro-bio-climatic models: Towards a generic Land Management Typology’

9. Farming system Dendrogram based on similarity matrix derived from the LMT grammar UNDESA, EFD Mtg Gothenburg Univ. 16-17 April 2009

10. Multidimensional scaling of best two axes from similarity matrix derived from LMT grammar. Shows interpretable clustering of LMTs and provides a basis for quantitative comparison within and between types. Vector 2 Vector 1

11. Single axis solution score (MDS) of LMT relationship with plant species diversity (richness per 200m 2 transect) UNDESA, EFD Mtg Gothenburg Univ. 16-17 April 2009

13. VegClass , Public domain, user-friendly software for data entry and meta-analysis; integrated with field proforma to support rapid vegetation survey

14. Sample page from VegClass showing PFT and species listings UNDESA, EFD Mtg Gothenburg Univ. 16-17 April 2009

15. Plant Functional Type ( me-pe-do-ct-ph ) Plant Functional Elements Adaptive PFTs are constructed from 36 generic PFEs according to a specific rule set. This system can be applied to all terrestrial vegetation Example of PFE combination me = me sophyll leaf size class pe = pe ndulous leaf inclination do = do rsiventral leaf ct = green c or t ex (photosynthetic stem) ph = ph anerophyte (perennial woody plant > 2m tall) Combining functional traits to describe a single plant individual (VegClass grammar)) UNDESA, EFD Mtg Gothenburg Univ. 16-17 April 2009

16. High (SFG8.9) Medium (SFG5.6) Low (SFG1.0) Biodiversity and vegetation structure can be readily used to estimate soil fertility in the lower Zambezi basin, Mozambique – Potential linkages here with LMT grammar Potential agric. productivity R 2 0.677 P< 0.001 Rapid baseline VegClass survey using 200m 2 transects World Bank/GEF case study 2006 UNDESA, EFD Mtg Gothenburg Univ. 16-17 April 2009

17. Soil fertility can be linked with biodiversity, LMT and remote sensing Fertility high Low Lower Zambezi valley Ocean Zambezi R . Chire R. Soil fertility predicted from biodiversity and coupled with remote sensing can be mapped at 30m grid resolution and readily ground-tested

18. Cell at 17.262S, 34.999E elevn 34m Transect # 14 (40x5m) maize, rice Information on soil fertility, plant biodiversity, remotely sensed and other site values can be extracted from spatially-referenced data layers (also LMT) UNDESA, EFD Mtg Gothenburg Univ. 16-17 April 2009 LMT: fc ha pl ar mg ud rf nl or lo gr fr fz 0.2 Litter depth (cm) 1 Basal area (m 2 ha -1 ) 5 Mean canopy height (m) 116 Plant functional complexity 16 Plant functional type richness 19 Plant species richness 8.6 Soil fertility index 93 Bare ground reflectance 266 Non-photosyn. reflectance 605 Photosynthetic reflectance Value Attribute