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Im Rieselfeldgebiet Berlin-Süd verursachte die Abwasserbeaufschlagung Veränderungen in der Struktur des Geosystems und in seinen Interaktionen mit der Umgebung. Bei der Einstellung des Abwasserinputs unterliegt das Bodensubstrat einer intensiven Nettomineralisierung, einer Zunahme der Acidität sowie Abnahme der Pufferkapazität. Sowohl der Ap- und der Al-Horizont als auch die beiden Unterbodenhorizonte Bts bzw. Cv wiesen charakteristische Veränderungen der Schwermetallgehalte, der organischen Bodensubstanz sowie der Kationenaustauschkapazität auf. Die Sickerwasserproben zeigten generell eine Zunahme der Acidität und der Konzentration biophiler Stoffspecies bzw. von Schwermetallen, wobei in allen Untersuchungsebenen eine gleichsinnige Beschaffenheitsänderung erfolgte.
In tropical West Africa, distribution patterns of forest islands in savannas are influenced by fires which occur regularly in the grass stratum. Along continuous forest-savanna transects in the Comoe National Park, the change in the amount and composition of non-woody phytomass was investigated from savanna to forest interior. This was correlated with the cover of vegetation strata above, soil depth, and the occurrence of seasonal surface fires. Phytomass mainly consisted of leaf litter in the forests (about 400 g m(-2) at the end of the rainy season, and about 600 g m(-2) at the end of the dry season) and of grasses in the savanna (about 900 g m(-2)). Low grass biomass appeared to be primarily the result of suppression by competing woody species and not of shallow soil. The occurrence of early dry-season fires seemed to be determined mainly by the amount of grass biomass as fuel because fires occurred in almost all savanna plots while forest sites remained unaffected. However, late dry-season fires will encounter higher amounts of leaf litter raising fire probability in forests. Due to the importance of the amount of combustible phytomass, fire probability and intensity might increase with annual precipitation in both savanna and forest