Human impact and vegetation change in Mt. Catedral (Río Negro, Argentina)

• Published in: Bosque (Valdivia)
• Main Authors: Dezzotti, Alejandro, Sancholuz, Luis, Naumann, Martín
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Recursos Naturales. 2004
• Subjects: deforestación; evaluación; Nothofagus pumilio; esquí; Norpatagonia; deforestation; assessment; skiing; Patagonia; Argentina; Catedral; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://revistas.uach.cl/index.php/bosque/article/view/5637; https://doi.org/10.4067/s0717-92002004000300007

Skiing started around 65 years ago on the northern sector of the eastern slope of Mt. Catedral (41°10’S, 71°30’W, 2,388 m), and currently the mountain hosts the most important winter sports center in South America. Current and potential vegetation types were compared, based on historical vegetation...