TREE SPECIES REGENERATION IN A MID-ELEVATION, TEMPERATE RAIN-FOREST IN ISLA-DE-CHILOE, CHILE

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dc.contributor.authorARMESTO, JJ
dc.contributor.authorFUENTES, ER
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:24:52Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:24:52Z
dc.date.issued1988
dc.description.abstractThe regeneration of canopy and subcanopy species in a mid-elevation, primary rain forest in the Coastal Range of Isla de Chiloe (42.degree.30''S), in the cold-temperature region of Chile, was studied by comparing seedling and sapling abundances under the forest canopy, and within 36 tree-fall gaps. The forest was dominated by Amomyrtus luma and Laurelia philippiana (33 and 32% of the main canopy individuals), and two subcanopy species (Myrceugenia ovata, and Myrceugenia planipes) were also important. Uncommon species in the canopy were Drimys winteri, Amomyrtus meli, and Raphithamnus spinosus. Tree-fall gaps were created generally by the fall of several trees, and the main canopy species were the principal gap-makers. Gap sizes varied between 28 and 972 m2, with a mean of 197 m2. Seedling and sapling abundances indicate that the dominant species are capable of regenerating below the canopy, but they also germinate and show enhanced growth within small light gaps. For one of the common subcanopy species (M. planipes) and the two infrequent canopy species (D. winteri, and A. meli) regeneration seems to depend entirely on tree-fall gaps. Thus, in this forest, light gaps allow the persistence of infrequent canopy species, but seem less important for the regeneration and maintenance of dominant canopy species.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.issn0042-3106
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/99410
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:A1988N385600007
dc.issue.numero2-3
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final159
dc.pagina.inicio151
dc.revistaVegetatio
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.titleTREE SPECIES REGENERATION IN A MID-ELEVATION, TEMPERATE RAIN-FOREST IN ISLA-DE-CHILOE, CHILE
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen74
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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