Altitudinal vegetation belts in the high-Andes of central Chile (33°S) Pisos altitudinales de vegetación en los Andes de Chile central (33°S)
The limits of alpine vegetation belts have been established mainly based on physiognomic criteria. However, a more objective approach for fixing limits of vegetation belts are methods based on species composition and relative abundance of each species. While these methods are more time consuming, th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2000-06-01
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Series: | Revista Chilena de Historia Natural |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2000000200008 |