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| VARGAS,RODRIGO; CUEVAS,JAIME G; LE QUESNE,CARLOS; REIF,ALBERT; BANNISTER,JAN. |
| We describe the structure of the endemic Robinson Crusoe Island forest. We analyse the regeneration strategies of the trees: Myrceugenia fernandeziana, Fagara mayu, and Drimys confertifolia. Inventories were taken on nearly intact montane forest remnants with emphasis on spatial patterns by using Ripley's K (t) function. We hypothesized that i) ornithochorous and barochorous species should show a clumped regeneration, as a consequence of seed rain; ii) nurse effect, if present, should also contribute to a clustered pattern; iii) clustering should disappear at more developed life-stages due to self-thinning; iv) if gaps influence tree mortality and regeneration, these will present grouped patterns. Myrceugenia fernandeziana was the most abundant tree... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Forest regeneration; Juan Fernández Islands; Myrtisylva; Ripley's K-function; Spatial point pattern analysis. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2010000300003 |
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