Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador

A tropical mountain ecosystem in one of the "hottest" biodiversity hotspots worldwide was investigated by some 30 research teams of numerous disciplines in the natural and social sciences. Ecosystem analysis followed two gradients: an altitudinal gradient

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Erwin Beck • Jörg Bendix • Ingrid Kottke Franz Makeschin • Reinhard Mosandl Editors

Gradients in a Tropical Mountain Ecosystem of Ecuador

Prof. em. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. h.c. Erwin Beck Department of Plant Physiology Bayreuth Centre for Ecology and Ecosystem Research, BayCEER University of Bayreuth 95440 Bayreuth, Germany

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jörg Bendix LCRS, Faculty of Geography University of Marburg Deutschhausstr. 10 35032 Marburg, Germany

Prof. ret. Dr. rer. nat. Ingrid Kottke Special Botany and Mycology and Botanical Garden University of Tübingen Auf der Morgenstelle 1 72076 Tübingen, Germany

Prof. Dr. agr. Dr. rer. silv. Franz Makeschin Institute of Soil Science Faculty of Forest, Geo and Hydro Sciences Dresden University of Technology Piennerstr. 19 01737 Tharandt, Germany

Prof. Dr. rer. silv. Reinhard Mosandl Institute of Silviculture Technische Universität München Am