SHRUB CLUMPS OF THE CHILEAN MATORRAL VEGETATION - STRUCTURE AND POSSIBLE MAINTENANCE MECHANISMS

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dc.contributor.authorFUENTES, ER
dc.contributor.authorOTAIZA, RD
dc.contributor.authorALLIENDE, MC
dc.contributor.authorHOFFMANN, A
dc.contributor.authorPOIANI, A
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:43:46Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:43:46Z
dc.date.issued1984
dc.description.abstractPrevious studies have claimed that the Chilean matorral is more open than the California [USA] chaparral and have attributed this dissimilarity largely to the role of man in Chile. The Chilean matorral has a structure better described as shrub clumps that merge to form a continuous vegetation matrix only in very mesic habitats, where it is comparable to the California chaparral. Evidence is presented that these clumps have been present for at least the last 26 yr and that even without human disturbance they are likely to maintain themselves. Evidence for the latter pertains to seed dispersal, seed germination and establishment, seedling survival and the diameter size structure of shrub clumps. Differences between the California chaparral and Chilean matorral may be more profound than previously thought and are due not only to different degrees of human disturbance, but also to the presence of periodical natural fires in California and not in Chile and to different shrub recruitment patterns and mammalian herbivore activity in the 2 areas.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.eissn1432-1939
dc.identifier.issn0029-8549
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/99810
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:A1984SZ02700017
dc.issue.numero3
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final411
dc.pagina.inicio405
dc.revistaOecologia
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.titleSHRUB CLUMPS OF THE CHILEAN MATORRAL VEGETATION - STRUCTURE AND POSSIBLE MAINTENANCE MECHANISMS
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen62
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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