STUDY ON THE LITTER PRODUCTION. THE DECOMPOSITION RATE OF THE ORGANIC HORIZON AND THE ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY IN ECOSYSTEMS WITH PINUS HALEPENSIS MILL OF THE INSULAR GREECE
Abstract
THE AIM OF THIS STUDY IS THE ECOLOGICAL APPROACH OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF AN INSULAR PINE FOREST WITH PINUS HALEPENSIS MILL NOT DISTRIBUTED BY MAN. THIS APPROACH WAS BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION OF FOUR ECOSYSTEMATIC CHARACTERISTICS: 1. THE STRUCTURE OF PLANT COMMUNITY 2. THE PHENOLOGY AND THE QUANTITY OF LITTER FALL 3. THE RATE OF DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN THE FOREST FLOOR AND4. THE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL STRUCTURE OF THE ARTHROPOD COMMUNITY. THIS TYPE OFAPPROACH IS REALIZED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN GREECE. THE MOST IMPORTANT RESULTS OF THE PRESENT STUDY CAN BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS: 1. THE PHENOLOGY OF LITTER FALL FROM THE PINES AND DOMINANT SHRUBS IN SIMILAR TO THAT REFERRED IN THE LITERATURE FOR THE SAME OR OTHER PINE SPECIES AND SHRUBS OF MEDITERRANEAN TYPE ECOSYSTEMS. THE LITTER FALL MOSS FROM PINES AND SHRUBS IN GENERALLY LOWER THAN THAT IN OTHER M.T.E. 2. THE RATE OF DECOMPOSITION OF ORGANIC MATTER RANGES FROM LOW TO MEDIUM VALUES IN COMPARISON TO THAT IN SEVERAL M.T. ...
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