简介:TsakhalholiesinMarkhamCounty,ChamdoPrefectureoftheTibetanAu-tonomousRegion(TAR).Geo-graphicallyitlooksquitemysteri-ousandithasauniqueculture.Formally,itisreferredtoas"TsakhalhoJangba(Naxi)ethnicTownofMarkham".ItislocatedinthesoutheastofTAR,betweentheeastbankofLancangRiverandDechenCounty.Atanelevationofabout2,400meters,thetownisadjacenttoPaltangofSichuanProv-inceon
简介:Background:Seedproduction,seeddispersalandseedlingestablishmentarerelevantlifephasesofplants.Understandingtheseprocessesandtheirpatternsisessentialtorecognizevegetationdynamicsandtoapplyittoforestrestoration.Methods:ForOleaeuropaeaandScheffleraabyssinica,fecunditywasestimatedusingrandomizedbranchsampling.Seeddispersalandseedlingestablishmentweremonitoredusingspatiallyexplicitseedtrapsandplots.Dispersalfunctionswerecalibratedapplyinginversemodeling.Results:O.europaeaproducedmoreseedsandhadlongerdispersaldistancescomparedtoS.abyssinica.Correlationsbetweenobservedandpredictednumberofrecruitswerestatisticallysignificant.Seedlingsofthetwospeciesshoweddifferentnicherequirements.Conclusions:Thestudiedspecieswererecruitment-limitedduetolowdispersalactivityorlackofsuitablemicrosites.Restorationrelyingonnaturalregenerationshouldovercometheselimitationsbyincreasingdisperservisitationandreducingbioticandabioticstresses.