The significance of fire intensity in creating local patchiness in the Chilean matorral

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dc.contributor.authorSegura, AM
dc.contributor.authorHolmgren, M
dc.contributor.authorAnabalón, JJ
dc.contributor.authorFuentes, ER
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T01:32:25Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T01:32:25Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractThe hypothesis that high and low intensity human-made fires can produce ecologically different effects in the Chilean matorral is examined. We compared the abundance of naturally established seedlings under shrubs burned by low and high intensity tires on five north and five south facing slopes. On south facing slopes, we found 54 shrubs burned by law intensity fires and only 4 shrubs burned by high intensity fires. In contrast, north facing slopes had approximately the same number of shrubs burned by low and high fire intensity fires (24 versus 19, respectively). We only found seedlings under shrubs burned by low intensity fires and most of them were of A Muehlenbeckia hastulata and Trevoa trinervis. Also viable seeds were only found under shrubs burned by low intensity fires. Results indicate that fire intensity can be an important factor determining species distribution patterns in the matorral.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.issn1385-0237
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/97257
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000077763100012
dc.issue.numero2
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final264
dc.pagina.inicio259
dc.revistaPlant ecology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectChilean matorral
dc.subjectdisturbance
dc.subjectpostfire
dc.subjectresprout
dc.subjectseedling recruitment
dc.subjectshrublands
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.titleThe significance of fire intensity in creating local patchiness in the Chilean matorral
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen139
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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