Permanent monitoring of native forests in the protected areas of Chile: an urgent need

Primer Autor
Salas-Eljatib, Christian
Co-autores
Vargas-Gaete, Rodrigo
Soto, Daniel P.
Donoso, Pablo J.
Título
Permanent monitoring of native forests in the protected areas of Chile: an urgent need
Editorial
UNIV AUSTRAL CHILE, FAC CIENCIAS FORESTALES
Revista
BOSQUE
Lenguaje
es
Resumen
Forest dynamics describe the change in structure and composition of forests over time, and is mainly driven by forest growth, a process resulting from size increase and mortality of trees, and recruitment of new individuals. An understanding of forest growth is essential for decision-making and research. An appropriate characterization of growth is only possible through the remeasurement of permanent sample plots over time. Although Chile has a continuous forest inventory system, it has several deficiencies which prevent the effective study of forest growth, mainly because it focuses on stand-level variables and stock estimates but lacks data for individual trees. Furthermore, access to the raw data is limited. In addition, maintaining long-term monitoring of plots to evaluate growth is difficult because of budget restrictions. These combined factors jeopardize the provision of key information regarding native forest dynamics and growth. We propose the establishment of a network of permanent sample plots in the Chilean National System of Protected Areas. Finally, we discuss a monitoring system based on this network by highlighting the advantages in terms of research, dissemination, outreach, and the ease of adding non-woody attributes.
Fecha Publicación
2023
Tipo de Recurso
artículo original
doi
10.4067/S0717-92002023000100003
Formato Recurso
PDF
Palabras Claves
forest dynamics
increment
mortality
recruitment
diversity
Ubicación del archivo
Categoría OCDE
Ciencias ambientales y ecología
Silvicultura
Materias
dinámica forestal
incremento
mortalidad
reclutamiento
diversidad
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3.0
Página final (Recomendado-único)
7
Identificador del recurso (Mandatado-único)
artículo original
Versión del recurso (Recomendado-único)
versión publicada
Derechos de acceso
acceso abierto
Access Rights
acceso abierto
Id de Web of Science
WOS:001079672700001
ISSN
0717-9200
Tipo de ruta
Verde# hibrido
Categoría WOS
Ciencias ambientales y ecología
Silvicultura
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