Old-Growth Temperate Rainforests of South America: Conservation, Plant–Animal Interactions, and Baseline Biogeochemical Processes

Type
Capitulo de libroAuthor
Armesto, J. J.Smith-Ramirez, C.
Carmona, M. R.
Celis-Diez, J. L.
Diaz, I. A.
Gaxiola, A.
Gutierrez, A. G.
Nuñez-Avila, C. A.
Perez, C.
Rozzi, R.
Abstract
A structural and compositional definition of old-growth forest is presented, which places emphasis on the lack of recurrent human impact, the presence of a shade-tolerant canopy with emergent pioneers, and a patch area that minimises edge effects. Using t
Book's title
Old Growth Forests, Ecological Studies 207
Publication date of the book
2009Start page
367
End page
390