Age structure and dynamics of Patagonian beech forests in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile

• Published in: Vegetatio
• Main Authors: Armesto, Juan J., Casassa, I., Dollenz, O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1992
• Subjects: Colonization of moraines; Disturbance; Flooding; Forest succession; Nothofagus; Primary succession; Tree regeneration; Paine; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00031633; https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/157055

This study documents the stem size and age-structure in forests dominated by different species of Nothofagus in Torres del Paine National Park (51° S), in the Chilean Patagonian region. We also explored the relationship between the various types of Nothofagus forest and postglacial succession. Pione...