The history of conifers introduced earlier elsewhere in the southern hemisphere suggests
that recent invasions in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay are likely to increase in number …

Plantations of exotic conifers are a potential threat to natural ecosystems in the Argentinean
Patagonia and a major cause of native forest loss in Chile. We examined species diversity …

Forest plantations of fast-growing exotic species constitute an important economic activity in
tropical and temperate regions of develo** countries. Large areas of native forests and …

Understanding road-kill patterns is the first step to assess the potential effects of road
mortality on wildlife populations, as well as to define the need for mitigation and support its …

Agroforestry, the purposeful growing of trees and crops in interacting combinations, began to
attain prominence in the late 1970s, when the international scientific community embraced …

Ants are used as indicators of environmental change in disturbed landscapes, often without
adequate understanding of their response to disturbance. Ant communities in the …

Forest plantations are an increasingly important source of industrial wood around the world,
and the design and management of plantations can greatly influence the relationship with …

While the total forest area of the world still declines, the area of tree plantations is growing
rapidly (Chapter 1). Although plantations occupy only 4 per cent of the global forest area …

Forest plantations of exotic conifers represent an important economic activity in NW
Patagonia, Argentina. However, there is a remarkable lack of information on the impact of …

The increasing global demand for lumber and pulp has led to the conversion of natural
habitats into monocultures of fast-growing tree plantations. The environmental filtering …