RELATIONS BETWEEN VEGETATION STRUCTURE AND SLOPE ASPECT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION OF CHILE

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dc.contributor.authorARMESTO, JJ
dc.contributor.authorMARTINEZ, JA
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:44:47Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:44:47Z
dc.date.issued1978
dc.description.abstractThe vegetation structure on 4 slopes of different aspect (north, west, east and south) in the mediterranean zone of Chile was analyzed. The evergreen and summer-deciduous life-forms are predominant. The south-, east- and west-facing slopes are closely similar in terms of floristic composition, and on these slopes the numbers of species of evergreens and the plant dimensions are greater than on the north-facing slope. Only the latter shows a high cover of summer-deciduous species. The 4 slopes may fall on a non-linear moisture gradient, with the north-facing slope at the xeric end. A certain number of hygrophilous species restricted to the south-facing slope are interpreted as relicts of the southern rain forest expansion which occurred during the Pleistocene. The vegetation of the west- and east-facing slopes is most similar to the Chilean matorral. The north-facing slope contains a component of xeromorphic species which may have invaded from the north. Intensive wood-cutting and/or cattle-grazing of evergreen species in central Chile may have contributed to the high cover of xeromorphic plants.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.eissn1365-2745
dc.identifier.issn0022-0477
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/100128
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:A1978GF55100008
dc.issue.numero3
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final889
dc.pagina.inicio881
dc.revistaJournal of ecology
dc.rightsacceso restringido
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.titleRELATIONS BETWEEN VEGETATION STRUCTURE AND SLOPE ASPECT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION OF CHILE
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen66
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sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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