Interactions among patch area, forest structure and water fluxes in a fog-inundated forest ecosystem in semi-arid Chile

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 909-917

  Barbosa, Olga ^a,b,c   Marquet, Pablo A ^b,c,d   Bacigalupe, Leonardo D ^a   Christie, Duncan A ^a   del Val, Ek ^e   Gutierrez, Alvaro G ^f   Jones, Clive G ^g   Weathers, Kathleen C ^g   Armesto, Juan J ^b,c,g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^f HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^g CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem function; Fog; Habitat fragmentation; Patch size; Temperate forest; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASAL AREA; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOG; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LITTER; NATIONAL PARK; PATCH SIZE; PERSISTENCE; SEMIARID REGION; STEMFLOW; TEMPERATE FOREST; THROUGHFALL; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW; WATER STORAGE;

BOSQUE FRAY JORGE NATIONAL PARK; CHILE; COQUIMBO;

EID: 78751654374     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01697.x     Document Type: Article

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