Secondary forest
As a secondary forest to describe the vegetation that forms a natural way, after the destruction of the primary forests , or by human intervention (eg., By Brandrodung ) or disasters. In contrast to this is the commercial forest , which is managed in a regulated manner. In tropical areas there is a large proportion of secondary forest due to the traditional shifting cultivation there .
The immigration of species from the primary tropical rainforest can bring the secondary rainforest closer to the primary rainforest again. This is only possible if the original clearing area was relatively small.
literature
- Reinhold Erlbeck: The cosmos forest and forest lexicon. Kosmos, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-440-07511-7 .