The regeneration of whitebark pine in the timberline ecotone of the Beartooth Plateau, Montana and Wyoming [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Sabine Mellmann-Brown, geb. Mellmann

LandschaftsökologieThe regeneration of whitebark pine in thetimberline ecotone of the Beartooth Plateau,Montana and WyomingInaugural-Dissertationzur Erlangung des Doktorgradesder Naturwissenschaften im Fachbereich Geowissenschaftender Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultätder Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münstervorgelegt vonSabine Mellmann-Brown, geb. Mellmannaus Soest– 2002 –Dekan: Prof. Dr. G. SchulteErster Gutachter: Prof. Dr. F. K. HoltmeierZweite Gutachterin: Prof. Dr. G. BrollTag der mündlichen Prüfung: 6. November 2002Tag der Promotion: 6. November 2002AcknowledgmentI am grateful to Prof. Dr. F.-K. Holtmeier for acceptance and supervision of thisthesis. Many friends and colleges contributed to this study in significant ways. Inparticular, I would like to thank Wyman Schmidt and Ward McCaughey from theUSDA Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Bozeman. They provided instruments,literature, and facilities, and supported me during every stage of this project. KentHouston from the Shoshone National Forest (Cody, Wyoming) helped me classifyalpine soils, and contributed information and ideas to this study. Wendy Franke, AnnHitchcock, and David Rawlings volunteered collecting some of the field data. SteveCherry (Montana State University, Bozeman) and John Oldemeyer gave valuableadvice regarding statistical analysis. John Oldemeyer and Ward McCaughey provideduseful suggestions to the manuscript.