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~~Title: Cloud forest projects ~~ | ~~Title: Cloud forest projects ~~ | ||
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===== Taxonomic and functional diversity and geographical distribution of the Subtropical Montane Cloud Forest in Taiwan: A multiscale approach ===== | ===== Taxonomic and functional diversity and geographical distribution of the Subtropical Montane Cloud Forest in Taiwan: A multiscale approach ===== | ||
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Mountain cloud forests worldwide belong to one of the most peculiar and at the same time one of the most endangered forest ecosystems. Frequent fog causes high air humidity and horizontal precipitations, | Mountain cloud forests worldwide belong to one of the most peculiar and at the same time one of the most endangered forest ecosystems. Frequent fog causes high air humidity and horizontal precipitations, | ||
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====== Past research projects ====== | ====== Past research projects ====== | ||
===== Changes in species- and community-level properties of forest vegetation along cloud and chronic-wind gradients in Taiwan ===== | ===== Changes in species- and community-level properties of forest vegetation along cloud and chronic-wind gradients in Taiwan ===== | ||
- | <fs small>Ministry of Science and Technology, 106-2621-B-002-003-MY3; | + | //Ministry of Science and Technology, 106-2621-B-002-003-MY3; |
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Taiwan as a subtropical island exposed to East-Asian monsoon system offers a unique opportunity to study vegetation along two peculiar stress gradients, cloud frequency and chronic-wind intensity. Frequent cloud or persistent strong winds have remarkable ecological effects on vegetation and require specific species adaptations. Cloud and monsoon forests thus represent unique vegetation types, hosting a number of endemic and relict species. In the near future, ongoing climate change is expected to modify both cloud frequency and chronic-wind intensity. To understand the impact of these changes on future diversity and species composition of cloud and monsoon forests and the ecological mechanisms behind has therefore not only high theoretical values, but also practical importance in conservation. | Taiwan as a subtropical island exposed to East-Asian monsoon system offers a unique opportunity to study vegetation along two peculiar stress gradients, cloud frequency and chronic-wind intensity. Frequent cloud or persistent strong winds have remarkable ecological effects on vegetation and require specific species adaptations. Cloud and monsoon forests thus represent unique vegetation types, hosting a number of endemic and relict species. In the near future, ongoing climate change is expected to modify both cloud frequency and chronic-wind intensity. To understand the impact of these changes on future diversity and species composition of cloud and monsoon forests and the ecological mechanisms behind has therefore not only high theoretical values, but also practical importance in conservation. | ||
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===== Community assembly along stress gradients: effect of cloud frequency and chronic-wind intensity on forest vegetation in Taiwan ===== | ===== Community assembly along stress gradients: effect of cloud frequency and chronic-wind intensity on forest vegetation in Taiwan ===== | ||
- | <fs small>Ministry of Science and Technology, 105-2621-B-002-004; | + | //Ministry of Science and Technology, 105-2621-B-002-004; |
This project focuses on changes in species and functional composition of forest vegetation along two strong environmental stress gradients, namely gradient of cloud frequency and chronic-wind intensity, to better understand underlying processes of community assembly. Peculiar stress effects of elevated cloud and chronic-wind intensity on vegetation are far less studied and understood compared to other factors like productivity, | This project focuses on changes in species and functional composition of forest vegetation along two strong environmental stress gradients, namely gradient of cloud frequency and chronic-wind intensity, to better understand underlying processes of community assembly. Peculiar stress effects of elevated cloud and chronic-wind intensity on vegetation are far less studied and understood compared to other factors like productivity, |