Influence of fire severity on stand development of Araucaria araucana-Nothofagus pumilio stands in the Andean cordillera of south-central Chile

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 597-615

  González, Mauro E ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^b   Sibold, Jason S ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Araucaria araucana; Mixed severity fire; Nothofagus; Stand development model; Villarrica National Park

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; FIRE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL PARK; PATCH DYNAMICS; REGENERATION; STAND DYNAMICS; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

ANDES; ARAUCANIA; CHILE; CORDILLERA CENTRAL [ANDES]; VILLARRICA NATIONAL PARK;

ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIA ARAUCANA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO;

EID: 77956161309     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02064.x     Document Type: Article

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