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Forest Fragmentation, Plant Regeneration and Invasion Processes Across Edges in Central Chile

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How Landscapes Change

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 162))

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Forest degradation is a worldwide phenomenon (Myers 1988; Groom and Schumaker 1993). Annually, millions of hectares of tropical and temperate forests are deforested and fragmented for agriculture, farming and forestry (Schelhas and Greenberg 1996), creating a new landscape that differs notably in pattern and process relative to the original forested one, producing a significant decrease in biodiversity (Saunders et al. 1991; Viana and Tabanez 1996).

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  1. Departments of Forest Science and Electrical Engineering, Oregon State University, 97331, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

    Gay A. Bradshaw

  2. Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ecología y Biodiversidad & Departamento de Ecología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile

    Pablo A. Marquet

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Bustamante, R.O., Serey, I.A., Pickett, S.T.A. (2003). Forest Fragmentation, Plant Regeneration and Invasion Processes Across Edges in Central Chile. In: Bradshaw, G.A., Marquet, P.A. (eds) How Landscapes Change. Ecological Studies, vol 162. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-05238-9_9

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