EFFECTS OF REFORESTATION ON THE STRUCTURE OF MEDITERRANEAN TYPE ECOSYSTEMS

Abstract

THE AIM OF THIS DISSERTATION IS THE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF REFORESTATION ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE GREEK MAQUIS IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY ECOLOGY. THIRTEEN AREAS OF CONTINENTAL GREECE WERE STUDIED CONCERNING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE. SPECIES RICHNESS, RELATIVE ABUNDANCE, DIVERSITY AND EVENNESS OF THE WOODY SPECIES WERE ESTIMATED AS WELL AS THE DISTRIBUTION OF WITHIN EACH MAQUIS COMMUNITY. HAVING BEEN ANALYSED, THE PARAMETERS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT CLIMATIC FACTORS. IN PARALLEL TO THAT STUDY AND IN A COMPARATIVE WAY, THE STRUCTURE OFTHE NEARBY REFORESTATION WAS STUDIED AND THE SUCCESSION PROCESSES OF THE REFORESTATIONS WERE TRACED. THE RESULTS HAVE INDICATED THAT: 1. CLIMATIC FACTORS CONTROL THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION AND THE STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GREEK MAQUIS. 2. GREEK MAQUIS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY RELATIVE BIG NUMBER OF SPECIES, HIGH VALUES OF DIVERSITY AND HIGH VALUES OF EVENNESS. ON THE CONTRARY THESE PARAMETERS ARE LOW IN REFORESTATIONS WITH PINE SPECIES ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/1917
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1917
ND
1917
Alternative title
ΕΠΙΔΡΑΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΑΔΑΣΩΣΕΩΝ ΣΤΗ ΔΟΜΗ ΤΩΝ ΜΕΣΟΓΕΙΑΚΟΥ ΤΥΠΟΥ ΟΙΚΟΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΩΝ
Author
Μαρδίρης, Θεόδωρος
Date
1992
Degree Grantor
University of the Aegean
Committee members
ΜΑΡΓΑΡΗΣ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΣ
ΠΑΝΕΤΣΟΣ ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣ
ΚΑΡΥΔΗΣ ΜΙΧΑΗΛ
ΠΑΠΑΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΥ ΘΕΟΔΩΡΟΣ
ΔΙΑΜΑΝΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ
Discipline
Natural Sciences
Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Biological Sciences
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Keywords
Diversity; MEDITERRANEAN TYPE ECOSYSTEM; Multivariate analysis; NICHE PRE-EMPTION MODEL; Reforestation; Structure
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
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