Title
Microclimate within a nothofagus pumilio forest and the effects of a regeneration felling
Other title
[Microclima en el interior de un bosque de Nothofagus pumilio y el efecto de una corta de regeneración]
Date Issued
01 January 2010
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Promis A.
Caldentey J.
Universidad de Chile
Abstract
The forest microclimate in a Nothofagus pumilio primary forest (BV) and the effect of a regeneration felling (RG) and an open field (SD) were studied during seven years. Three weather stations measured the global solar radiation (RSG), the air temperature (Ta), the soil temperature at 15 (TS15) and 30 (TS30) cm depth, the relative humidity (HRa) and the wind speed (V). The results showed that the trends in meteorological variables were similar to those found in forests with similar characteristics. Almost all meteoro- logical variables recorded in BV showed statistical differences, compared to SD, with the exception of Ta, and during the leafless period with Tmina (minimum air temperature) TS15 and TS30. When CR was compared to BV the variables RSG, HRa, TS15, TS30 (only during leafless period) and V showed significant differences. The higher differences between BV and CR were that in CR the RSG was 4.4 and 3.5 times higher than in BV, for the fully-leaved and the leafless period; and V was 1.2 times higher in CR than in BV. These differences suggest that the microclimate in CR changed respect BV. Because the microclimate and the water balance in the stand affect the vegetation, the differences found between BV and CR are important, and provide a baseline of information to evaluate the effects of the regeneration felling, the most frequently implemented cut in these forests.
Start page
129
End page
139
Volume
31
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ecología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-77957955709
Source
Bosque
ISSN of the container
07179200
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