Propuesta teórica de rehabilitación de bosques de Nothofagus pumilio degradados por incendios basada en plantaciones en núcleo con Embothrium coccineum

A HUERTAS HERRERA; A PROMIS; M RIO; M TORO; MV LENCINAS; G MARTÍNEZ PASTUR

BOSQUE (VALDIVIA)

UNIV AUSTRAL CHILE

Lugar: Valdivia; Año: 2021 vol. 42 p. 285 - 293

0304-8799

The rehabilitation of temperate forests with native species requires trial and guidelines to achieve recovery of degraded areas ofsouthern Chile and counteract the environmental imbalance caused by the impacts received. This study aims at presenting a theoreticalproposal of rehabilitation based on cluster plantings to improve the recovery of lenga (Nothofagus pumilio) forests degraded byhistorical fires in Aysén Region. A rehabilitation strategy based on cluster plantings is proposed, in which individuals of lenga areestablished together with notro (Embothrium coccineum), the latter as a nurse plant, to accelerate the development of lenga seedlingsthrough facilitation mechanisms, such as the improvement of microclimatic conditions, and protection from possible damage byseedling herbivores within each cluster. This proposal could be used in degraded lenga forests, both in Protected Wild Areas and inproductive forests, as well as in landscapes fragmented by historical fires.