Rain forest islands in the Chilean semiarid region: Fog-dependency, ecosystem persistence and tree regeneration

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 598-608

  Del Val, Ek ^a,e   Armesto, Juan J ^a,b,c   Barbosa, Olga ^a   Christie, Duncan A ^a,b,d   Gutiérrez, Alvaro G ^b   Jones, Clive G ^c   Marquet, Pablo A ^a   Weathers, Kathleen C ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e Centro de Estudios Ecosistemas   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aextoxicon punctatum; Chile; Edge effects; Forest structure; Mortality; Tree regeneration; Water limitation

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; FOG; PATCH DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SEMIARID REGION; TREE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

AEXTOXICON PUNCTATUM;

EID: 33745102455     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-006-0065-6     Document Type: Article

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