Rainfall redistribution and change of water quality in tropical forest canopies [Elektronische Ressource] : patterns and persistence / Alexander Zimmermann
Rainfall Redistribution and Change of Water Quality in Tropical Forest Canopies: Patterns and Persistence Alexander Zimmermann A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Potsdam, Germany for the degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) in Landscape Ecology and Soil Science. March 2009 First Referee: Prof. Helmut Elsenbeer, University of Potsdam Second Referee: Prof. Dirk Hölscher, University of Göttingen Third Referee: Prof. Richard F. Keim, Lousiana State University Published online at the Institutional Repository of the University of Potsdam: URL http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2009/3255/ URN urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32556 [http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-32556] Table of contents Abstract.................................................................................................................................9 German abstract.................................................................................................................10 Acknowledgements.............................................................................................................11 A short introduction to research on spatio-temporal patterns of throughfall 1 and its chemical composition....................................................................................