A long-term record of Nothofagus dominance in the southern Andes, Chile

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-102

  Pollmann, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Dendroecology; Forest dynamics; Functional trait; Persistence; Predictive model; Site attribute; Storage effect; Temperate South America

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; REGENERATION;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS ALPINA;

EID: 14644446071     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2004.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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