Ecology and regeneration of forest communities on the alluvial fan ...
Ecology and regeneration of forest communities on the alluvial fan ...
Ecology and regeneration of forest communities on the alluvial fan ...
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Index<br />
1 Introducti<strong>on</strong>...............................................................................................................1<br />
2 Study area...................................................................................................................3<br />
2.1 Locati<strong>on</strong>....................................................................................................................3<br />
2.2 Relief <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Geology...................................................................................................4<br />
2.3 Climate......................................................................................................................5<br />
2.4 Hydrology.................................................................................................................6<br />
2.5 Vegetati<strong>on</strong>, soils <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> l<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> use..................................................................................6<br />
3 Materials <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> Methods.............................................................................................8<br />
3.1 Vegetati<strong>on</strong> sampling.................................................................................................8<br />
3.2 Rejuvenati<strong>on</strong> sampling.............................................................................................9<br />
3.3 St<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> structure .........................................................................................................9<br />
3.4 Site Parameters.......................................................................................................10<br />
3.5 Data analysis...........................................................................................................10<br />
4 Results.......................................................................................................................13<br />
4.1 Vegetati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>communities</str<strong>on</strong>g>.........................................................................................13<br />
4.2 Rejuvenati<strong>on</strong>...........................................................................................................27<br />
4.3 Ordinati<strong>on</strong> results ..................................................................................................33<br />
4.4 Ordinati<strong>on</strong> results (Successi<strong>on</strong>al trends)................................................................35<br />
5 Discussi<strong>on</strong>.................................................................................................................37<br />
5.1 Vegetati<strong>on</strong> z<strong>on</strong>ati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> site c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s.................................................................37<br />
5.2 Successi<strong>on</strong>al trends.................................................................................................45<br />
5.3 The human impact <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> ecosystem......................................................................47<br />
5.4 Outlook...................................................................................................................51<br />
6 Summary..................................................................................................................52<br />
7 Zusammenfassung...................................................................................................54<br />
8 Literature.................................................................................................................56<br />
Appendix.........................................................................................................................60