| Martinez, A; Mahecha, MD; Lischeid, G; Beck, E: Succession Stages of Vegetation Regeneration: Secondary Tropical Mountain Forests., , Ibid., 409-415 (2008), doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73526-7_39 | |
| Abstract: Successional stages of a vegetation development leading from bare soil to a plant cover dominated by bushes and a few pioneer trees have been described by Beck et al. (see Chapter 27 in this volume). Under optimal conditions this succession continues to a secondary mountain forest. Analyzing this is an enormous challenge, not only from a scientific but also from a logistic viewpoint. Tropical secondary mountain rain forests appear to be the most difficult vegetation type for a systematic investigation. |
