Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici

Author(s): Molnár, J., Erdei, B. & Hably, L.
Title: The transport of leaves and fruits - a taphonomical study of leaf litter
Year: 2004
Publication date: 2004-10-30
Volume: 96
Pages: 29-50.

Abstract: Two sample plots with different plant cover were chosen in order to study the transport of plant parts. The total litter content of quadrats set along transections were studied in autumn in the first sample plot (open vegetation) and twice, in autumn and spring in the second sample plot (more closed vegetation). Fruit and leaf distributions were recorded, as well as average weight, surface and density of the leaves in distant and close quadrats were compared. Leaf and fruit distributions of trees in the first sample plot were analized by multivariate methods. The distribution pattern of fruits and leaves in most cases did not correspond to each other. In the second sample plot an ideal quadrat containing the remains of all the taxa of the sample plot was indicated and compared by multivariate method with the autumn and spring quadrats. None of the quadrats agreed with the ideal, however, high ß-diversity of the vegetation is clearly suggested by the diagram. With 20 figures.
Keywords: Taphonomy, wind transport, vegetation reconstruction
Subject: botany

Journal: Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici
Journal abbreviation: Annls hist.-nat. Mus. nat. hung.
ISSN: 0521-4726
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I. & Merkl, O.