Gap-phase dynamics and coexistence of a long-lived pioneer and shade-tolerant tree species in the canopy of an old-growth coastal temperate rain forest of Chiloé Island, Chile

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1674-1687

  Gutiérrez, Alvaro G ^a,b   Aravena, Juan Carlos ^c   Carrasco Farías, Natalia V ^d   Christie, Duncan A ^d   Fuentes, Mauricio ^e   Armesto, Juan J ^b,f  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Dendroecology; Disturbance regime; Regeneration modes; Shade tolerance; Temperate rain forest; Tree life history; Tree fall gap dynamics; Tree species coexistence

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DENDROECOLOGY; ECOLOGY; GAP DYNAMICS; LIFE HISTORY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; TEMPERATE FOREST; TREE RING;

CHILE; CHILOE ISLAND; LOS LAGOS; SOUTH AMERICA;

AEXTOXICON PUNCTATUM; EUCRYPHIA CORDIFOLIA; LAURELIOPSIS PHILIPPIANA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 49549111153     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01908.x     Document Type: Article

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