A Multiscale Assessment of the Risks Imposed by Plantation Forestry on Plant Biodiversity in the Hotspot Central Chile
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52712#.VKH8McCAM4 Author(s) Andreas Ch. Braun 1* , Joachim Vogt 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Chair of Remote Sensing and Landscape Information Systems (FeLis), University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany . 2 Institute of Regional Science (IfR), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany . ABSTRACT We assessed the effects of plantations of exotic trees ( Pinus radiata , Eucalyptus globulus , and Populus nigra ) on plant biodiversity in the temperate zone of the biodiversity hotspot of Central Chile. This region has suffered from intense deforestation in favor of plantation establishment in the major par...