Structural and environmental characterization of old-growth temperate rainforests of northern Chiloé Island, Chile: Regional and global relevance

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 376-388

  Gutiérrez, Alvaro G ^a,b   Armesto, Juan J ^b,c   Aravena, Juan Carlos ^d   Carmona, Martín ^c   Carrasco, Natalia V ^e   Christie, Duncan A ^e   Peña, María Paz ^e   Pérez, Cecilia ^c   Huth, Andreas ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c Unidad de Reproduccion y Desarrollo   (Chile)

^d Centre for Quaternary Research Punta Arenas   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Constrained correspondence analysis; Forest structure; Old growth; Stand age; Structural variability; Temperate rainforest

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FOREST STRUCTURE; OLD-GROWTH; STAND AGE; STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATE RAINFOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; RAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST INVENTORY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

AIR; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; GROWTH; RAIN; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

CHILE; CHILOE ISLAND; LOS LAGOS; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649382277     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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