A MONTANE RAIN-FOREST: PHYSIOLOGICAL PLANT GEOGRAPHY
CONTENTS 1 TROPICAL MOUNTAIN FORESTS – DISTRIBUTION AND GENERAL FEATURES …………… 2 TROPICAL MOUNTAIN FOREST DYNAMICS IN MATA ATLANTICA AND NORTHERN ANDEAN BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS DURING THE LATE QUATERNARY ………………… 3 DIVERSITY AND ENDEMISM IN TROPICAL MONTANE FORESTS - FROM PATTERNS TO PROCESSES……………………………………………… 4 EPIPHYTES OF TROPICAL MONTANE FORESTS – IMPACT OF DEFORESTATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE …………………………………………………………… 5 MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND PLANT DIVERSITY IN TROPICAL MOUNTAIN RAINFOREST OF SOUTHERN ECUADOR ……………………………………………………… 6 THE SOIL FAUNA OF A TROPICAL MOUNTAIN RAINFOREST IN SOUTHERN ECUADOR: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING ………………………………………………… 8 CARBON ALLOCATION AND PRODUCTIVITY IN TROPICAL MOUNTAIN FORESTS ……… 9 HYDROLOGY OF NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENICALLY ALTERED TROPICAL MONTANE RAINFORESTS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO RAINFALL INTERCEPTION ……………… 10 SOIL, CLIMATE AND VEGETATION IN TROPICAL MONTANE FORESTS – A CASE STUDY FROM THE YUNGAS, BOLIVIA ………………………………… 11 INDIGENOUS LAND USE PRACTICES AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN SOUTHERN ECUADOR ………………………………………………………… 12 SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL MOUNTAIN FORESTS IN ECUADOR