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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΤΡΩΜΝΗΣ, ΤΗΣ ΑΠΟΣΥΝΘΕΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΡΘΡΟΠΟΔΩΝ ΣΕ ΟΙΚΟΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΑ ΧΑΛΕΠΕΙΟΥ ΠΕΥΚΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΝΗΣΙΩΤΙΚΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ

Abstract

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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.E. 3. THE DENSITY OF ARTHROPODS IN THE ORGANIC HORIZON IS HIGHER THAN THAT IN OTHER M.T.E. THE SAME FACTG IS OBSERVED FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF ARTHROPODS ON THE FOLIAGE. THE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF ARTHROPODS IS AFFECTED BY THE PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ORGANIC HORIZON AND THE CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. THE ABOVE-MENTIONED RESULTS ARE DISCUSSED.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1990

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Ραδέα, Κανέλλα
  • Radea, Canella

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/1343
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/1343

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citation

Ραδέα, Κανέλλα; Radea, Canella. ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΗΣ ΣΤΡΩΜΝΗΣ, ΤΗΣ ΑΠΟΣΥΝΘΕΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΡΘΡΟΠΟΔΩΝ ΣΕ ΟΙΚΟΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΑ ΧΑΛΕΠΕΙΟΥ ΠΕΥΚΗΣ ΤΗΣ ΝΗΣΙΩΤΙΚΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1343