Characterization of the native forest at "Fundo Escuadrón", Concepción, Chile

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Published: Jun 30, 1994
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4206/bosque.1994.v15n1-01

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Percy A. Zevallos
Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Apartado Postal 456, Lima, Perú.
Oscar R. Matthei
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y de Recursos Naturales, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 2407, Apartado 10, Concepción, Chile.

Abstract

This paper presents an ecological analysis of the native forest at Fundo Escuadrón located in Comuna Coronel, Concepción, Bio-Bio region, Chile. The climate is mediterranean with 887.5 mm of total annual rainfall occurring during the cold season; mean annual temperature is 11.9 C. Soils are shollow and highly erodible, with a loamyclayly-sandy texture; pH is 6.6; and organic matter is scarce.
Results of structural analysis of the vegetation show a Valdivian type forest of high variability, represented by the association Lapagerio-Aextoxiconetum punctatii composed of 25 tree species of 15 genus, belonging to 19 botany families.

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Zevallos, P. A., & Matthei, O. R. (1994). Characterization of the native forest at "Fundo Escuadrón", Concepción, Chile. BOSQUE, 15(1), 3–13. https://doi.org/10.4206/bosque.1994.v15n1-01
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Vol. 15 No. 1 (1994)
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