COMPARACIÓN DE LA ACTIVIDAD MICROBIANA EN HOJARASCA ENTRE UN FRAGMENTO Y UN ÁREA CONTINUA DE BOSQUE NUBLADO DEL SECTOR OCCIDENTAL DE LA SABANA DE BOGOTÁ

Microclimatic changes are induced by the edge effect created in different habitat remnants due to fragmentation. These changes can affect important functional processes for terrestrial ecosystems, such as organic matter decomposition. A first approximation to effects on functional processes is to identify changes in the abundance and activity of decomposing microbiota. This study was performed in areas of cloud forest on the western side of the Sabana de Bogotá from May to August of 1998. A comparison was made between the microbial abundance and respiration and the litterfall moisture in a fra... Mehr ...