Natural reserves or protected areas are a keystone of global strategies for biological
conservation. With over 18% of its land under protection, Chile faces challenges similar to …

The temperate forests of Chile are classified a biological “hotspot” as a result of their high
species diversity and high endemism. However, they are being rapidly destroyed, with …

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 …

Aim Few studies have explicitly examined the influence of spatial attributes of forest
fragments when examining the impacts of fragmentation on woody species. The aim of this …

Temperate forests of southern South America are globally important because of their high
level of endemism. I argue here that within southern South America, rainforests of the …

We show how Chilean forest bird species richness, abundance and guild structure changes
as a function of structural properties of forest stands. We surveyed bird assemblages in two …

The cornerstone of palaeoecological research, concerned with vegetation dynamics over
the recent geological past, is a good understanding of the present-day ecology and …

The Mediterranean-type environment of South America, broadly defined as the continental
area characterized by winter rainfall and summer drought, is confined to a narrow band …

Abstract Effects of plantation forestry on biodiversity are controversially discussed in
literature. While some authors stress positive effects, others tend to attribute a largely …

Plant–animal interaction networks provide important information on community organization.
One of the most critical assumptions of network analysis is that the observed interaction …