Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Tropical Mountain Ecology in Ethiopia as a Basis for Conservation, Management and Restoration

  • Chapter
Tropical Forests in Transition

Part of the book series: Advances in Life Sciences ((ALS))

  • 147 Accesses

Abstract

The results of several surveys in the forest and alpine region in southwest Ethiopian mountains are used for the demonstration of various ecological problems, mainly the gradual or abrupt changes of some features of the plant formations with increasing altitude. The need for taking fundamental ecological data as a basis for a “disturbance management” is emphasized.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Hedberg O (1964) Features of afroalpine plant ecology. Acta Phytogeographica Suecica 49: 144 pp

    Google Scholar 

  • Hedberg I, Hedberg O (1979) Tropical-alpine life forms of vascular plants. Oikos 33: 297–307

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Knapp R (1973) The vegetation of Africa. G. Fischer: Stuttgart

    Google Scholar 

  • Lind EM, Morrison MES (1974) East african vegetation. Longman: London

    Google Scholar 

  • Uhlig SK (1988) Mountain forests and the upper tree limit on the Southeastern Plateau of Ethiopia. Mountain Research and Development 8: 227–234

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Uhlig SK, Uhlig K (1989) On the ecology and vegetation of the plateaus of East Ethiopian isolated mountains. Archiv für Naturschutz. Berlin. 29: 173–177

    Google Scholar 

  • Uhlig SK and Kate Uhlig (1990a) The floristic composition of a natural montane forest in Southeast Ethiopia. Feddes Repertorium. 101: 85–88

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Uhlig SK, Uhlig K (1990b) Die Höhenstufen am Gara Mulatta, Äthiopien. Feddes Repertorium. 101: 651–664

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Tropical and Subtropical Forestry, Dresden Technical University, P.O. Box 10, D-O-8223, Tharandt, Germany

    Siegfried K. Uhlig

Authors
  1. Siegfried K. Uhlig
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Max Planck Institute of Chemistry, Biogeochemistry Department (Mainz), Fire Ecology and Biomass Burning Research Group, c/o University of Freiburg, Bertoldstr. 17, D-7800, Freiburg, Germany

    Johann Georg Goldammer

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 1992 Birkhäuser Verlag Basel/Switzerland

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Uhlig, S.K. (1992). Tropical Mountain Ecology in Ethiopia as a Basis for Conservation, Management and Restoration. In: Goldammer, J.G. (eds) Tropical Forests in Transition. Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7256-0_8

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7256-0_8

  • Publisher Name: Birkhäuser Basel

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-0348-7258-4

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-0348-7256-0

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation