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Tree and shrub diversity in native rainforest fragments in southern Chile

Pincheira-Ulbrich¹ J, JR Rau², E Hauenstein³

1 Laboratorio de Planificación Territorial, Escuela de Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Casilla 15-D, Temuco, Chile.
2 Laboratorio de Ecología, Depto. de Ciencias Básicas & Programa IBAM, Universidad de Los Lagos, Casilla 933, Osorno, Chile.
3 Escuela de Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Casilla 15-D, Temuco, Chile.

* Corresponding Author:Address Correspondence to: Jimmy Pincheira-Ulbrich, e-mail: , phone-fax 56-45-205469.

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany 2008, 77(all), 321-326. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2008.77.321

Abstract

We sampled the diversity of trees and shrubs, and built the rarefaction and accumulation species curve in 10 native forest fragments in southern Chile. Results indicated that: (1) there were 23 species in all sampled fragments, (2) species richness increased significantly with fragment size, (3) all fragments require a minimal sampling from 40 to 170 individuals to reach the maximum theoretical species richness, and (4) sampling richness was greater than that theoretically expected (20 species).

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