Regeneration patterns and persistence of the fog-dependent Fray Jorge forest in semiarid Chile during the past two centuries

Global Change Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 161-176

  Gutiérrez, Avaro G ^a,b   Barbosa, Olga ^c,d   Christie, Duncan A ^e   Del Val, Ek ^g   Ewing, Holly A ^f   Jones, Clive G ^h   Marquet, Pablo A ^a,c   Weathers, Kathleen C ^h   Armesto, Juan J ^a,c,h  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f INSTITUTO DE MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^g BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^h CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; Climate change; Dendroecology; Disturbance regimes; Fog; Fog dependent rainforest; Fragmented forest; Fray Jorge; Relict forest; Tree regeneration dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOG; GROWTH RESPONSE; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SEMIARID REGION; TREE RING;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

AEXTOXICACEAE; AEXTOXICON PUNCTATUM;

EID: 36849091501     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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