Abstract

PINCHEIRA-ULBRICH, J; RAU, JR  and  HAUENSTEIN, E. Tree and shrub diversity in native rainforest fragments in southern Chile. Phyton (B. Aires) [online]. 2008, vol.77, pp.321-326. ISSN 1851-5657.

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).

Keywords : Temperate forest; Vascular plant diversity; Species richness; Chile.

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