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Impacts of forest cover change on ecosystem services in high Andean mountains
(ELSEVIER, 2015-01-01)
Land conversion affects the delivery of ecosystem goods and services. In this study, we used a 50 years time series of land cover maps to assess the potential impacts of forest cover changes on ecosystem services. A ...
Foraging activity by bats in a fragmented landscape dominated by exotic pine plantations in central chile
(2013)
We assessed foraging activity of insectivorous bats in a fragmented landscape of central Chile including native temperate forest, forest fragments, commercial pine plantations and local human settlements. Overall bat ...
Plantaciones forestales en Costa Rica y Nicaragua: comportamiento de las especies y preferencias de los productores
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2001)
Muchas de las especies utilizadas en esta investigación representan actualmente la mayoría de las especies más usadas en los programas de reforestación en pequeñas y medianas fincas del trópico húmedo de Costa Rica y trópico ...
Eucalypt plantations for forest restoration in a fire-prone mosaic of grasslands and forests in northern Argentina
(Wiley, 2021-05)
In ecosystems with grassland-forest boundaries, tree plantations could be used to promote forest restoration. In the Humid Chaco region of central South America, fire is one of the main disturbances that shapes the landscape. ...
Diversity of epigeal coleopteran in hualo forests and insigne pine plantations in central Chile.
(Universidad del ValleColombia, 2021-02-03)
Hualo forests (Nothofagus glauca) endemic from Chile have been impacted by anthropic processes such as substitution by exotic plantations of ensigned pine (Pinus radiata). The diversity of epigeous Coleoptera in Hualo ...
Forests and water in South America
(JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD, 2017-02-28)
South America is experiencing rapid change in forest cover, of both native and planted forest. Forest cover loss is primarily attributable to fire, logging, and conversion of native forest to agriculture, pasture, and ...
Sixty years of land-use and land-cover change dynamics in a global biodiversity hotspot under threat from global change
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2021)
Constitucion County in Chile shows one of the highest landscape transformations in the world due to the expansion of forest plantations. This work describes the land use/cover dynamics over a long period extending over 60 ...
Tree monocultures in a biodiversity hotspot: Impact of pine plantations on mammal and bird assemblages in the Atlantic Forest
(Elsevier Science, 2018-09)
Forest plantations of fast-growing exotic species constitute an important economic activity in tropical and temperate regions of developing countries. Large areas of native forests and grasslands are being turned into tree ...
Tree monocultures in a biodiversity hotspot : impact of pine plantations on mammal and bird assemblages in the Atlantic Forest
(Elsevier, 2018-09-01)
Forest plantations of fast-growing exotic species constitute an important economic activity in tropical and temperate regions of developing countries. Large areas of native forests and grasslands are being turned into tree ...