Biometric's Laboratory
University of La Frontera

Publications
Papers published in scientific journals by members of the laboratory (underlined) since 2010 to date.
2015
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Almonacid, L. Fuentes, A., Ortiz, J., Salas, C. Garcia-Romero, I., Ocampo, J., Arriagada, C. 2015. Effect saprophytic soil fungi With mixing organic residues on the response of Solanum lycopersicum to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Soil Use and Management 31 (1): 155-164.
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Crowther, TW, Glick, HB, Covey, KR, Bettigole, C. Maynard, DS, Thomas, SM, Smith, JR, Hintler, G., Duguid, MC, Amatulli, G., Tuanmu, M.-N. , Jetz, W., Salas, C., Stam, C., et al. 2015. Mapping tree density at a scale global. Nature 45: 998-1005.
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Fuentes-Ramirez, A., Schafer JL, Mudrak EL, Schat M., Parag HA Holzapfel C., Moloney K.A. 2015. Spatio-temporal impacts of fire on soil nutrient availability in Larrea tridentata shrublands of the Mojave Desert, USA. Geoderma 260: 126-133.
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Fuentes-Ramirez, A., Mudrak EL, Caragea PC, Holzapfel C., Moloney K.A. 2015. Assessing the impact of fire on the spatial distribution of Larrea tridentata in the Sonoran Desert, USA. Oecologia 178: 473-484
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Neophytou, Charalambos, Stefanie M. Gärtner, Vargas, R., and Hans-Gerhard Michiels. 2015. Genetic variation of Central European oaks: shaped by evolutionary factors and human intervention? Tree Genetics & Genomes 11 (4): 1-15.
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Soto, DP, Donoso, PJ, Salas, C., Puettmann, KJ 2015. Light availability and soil compaction influence the growth of Nothofagus underplanted following partial shelterwood harvest and soil scarification. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 45: 998-1005.
2014
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Cifuentes, R., Van der Zande, D., Farifteh, J. Salas, C. Coppin, P. 2014. Effects of voxel size and sampling setup on the estimation of forest canopy gap fraction from terrestrial laser scanning data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 194: 230-240.
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Castro, M. Parra, JC Morales, LJ, Salas, C. 2014. Establishment of empirical relations Between fuel moisture content and the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 14 (3): 670-675.
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Cifuentes, R., Van der Zande, D., Salas, C., Farifteh, J., Coppin, P. 2014. Correction of erroneous LiDAR measurements in artificial forest canopy experimental setups. Forests 5: 1565-1583.
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Lara A, Amoroso M, Bannister JR, Donoso C, Gonzalez ME, Vargas, R., Smith-Ramirez C, Arellano-Cataldo G Gutierrez. 2014. Dynamics Succession and temperate forests in Chile. In: Forest Ecology. Basis for Sustainable Management and Conservation of Native Forests of Chile, Chapter 11. Editions Uach, Eds: Claudio Donoso, Mauro E. Gonzalez, Antonio Lara, pp.323-410.
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Mudrak EL, Schafer JL, Fuentes-Ramirez A, Moloney K.A., Holzapfel C. 2014. Predictive modeling of spatial patterns of soil nutrients related to fertility islands. Landscape Ecology 29: 491-505.
2013
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Altamirano, A., Salas, C., Yaitul, V., Smith-Ramirez, C., Avila, A. 2013. Influence of landscape heterogeneity in the occurrence of forest fires in Central Chile. Journal of Norte Grande Geography 55: 157-170.
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Smith-Ramirez, C. Arellano, G, Mora, JP, Hagen, E, Vargas, R., Miranda, A, 2013. The role of austral thrush (Ave: passerine) as dispersing invasive plants in the archipelago of Juan Fernández. Chilean Journal of Natural History 86, 33-48. (Pdf) .
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Vargas, R., Gärtner, SM, Hagen, E., Reif, A., 2013. Threatened Tree regeneration in the forest of Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile: The role of small-scale disturbances on microsite conditions and invasive species. Forest Ecology and Management 307, 255-265.
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Vargas, R., Gärtner, SM., Alvarez, M., Hagen, E., Reif, A., 2013. Does restoration help the conservation of the Threatened forest of Robinson Crusoe Island? The impact of forest gap attributes on endemic plant species richness and exotic invasions. Biodivers Conserv 22: 1283-1300.
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Vargas, R., Smith-Ramirez, Gonzalez C, M. Fernández. Juan Fernández Archipelago: to preserve endangered endemic. In 2013 press: Chile Biosphere Reserves: nature and human being. Andres Moreira-Muñoz & Axel Borsdorf (eds). U. Catolica, Santiago-Chile.
2012
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García R.A., Fuentes-Ramirez A. & Pauchard A. 2012. Effect of two nitrogen-fixing invasive plant species on soil chemical properties in south-central Chile. Gayana Botanica 69: 189-192.
2011
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Gibson M.R., Richardson D.M., Marchante E.M., Marchante H.S., Rodger J.C., Stone G.N., Byrne M., Fuentes-Ramirez A., George N., Harris C., Johnson S.D., Le Roux J.J., Murphy D., Pauw A., Prescott M.N. & Wandrag E. 2011. Reproductive biology of Australian Acaciaspecies: important mediator of invasiveness? Diversity and Distributions 17: 911-933.
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Fuentes-Ramirez A., Pauchard A., Cavieres L.A. & García R.A. 2011. Survival and growth of Acacia dealbata vs. native trees across an invasion front in south-central Chile. Forest Ecology and Management 261: 1003-1009.
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Fuentes-Ramirez A., Pauchard A. & E. Hauenstein 2011. Composition of the Andean flora meadows in the Upper Bío-Bío National Reserve (Lonquimay - Chile) and its relationship to the grazing regime. Gayana Botanica 68: 27-38.
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Vargas, R., Reif, A., Faúndez, Ma J, 2011. The Forest of the Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile: an endemism hotspot in danger. Bosque 32, 61-70.(pdf)
2010
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Fuentes-Ramirez A., A. Pauchard, Marticorena A. & P. Sánchez 2010. Relationship between the invasion of Acacia dealbata Link (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) and richness of plant species in the south-central Chile. Gayana Botanica 67: 176-185.
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Salas, C., Jan L., Gregoire, TG, Næsset, E., and Gobakken, T. 2010. Modelling tree diameter from airborne laser scanning derived variables: a comparison of spatial statistical models. Remote Sensing of Environment 114 (6): 1277-1285.
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Salas, C., and Gregoire, T. G. 2010. Statistical analysis of ratio estimators and Their estimators of variances When the auxiliary variate is Measured with error. European Journal of Forest Research 129 (5): 847-861.
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Salas, C., Jan L., Ojeda, N., Soto, H. 2010. parametric and non-parametric statistical methods to predict based on stand variables Landsat ETM +: a comparison in a forest of Araucaria Araucaria in Chile. Forest 31 (3): 179-194
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Soto, DP, Salas, C., Donoso, PJ, and Uteau, D. 2010. Structural and spatial heterogeneity of a mixed forest dominated by Nothofagus dombeyi after partial disturbance. Chilean Journal of Natural History 83 (3): 335-347.
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Vargas, R. Cuevas, JG., Le-Quesne, C., Reif, A., Bannister, JR., 2010. Spatial distribution and regeneration strategies of the main forest species on Robinson Crusoe Island. Chilean Journal of Natural History 83, 349-363.
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Vargas, R., Faúndez, Ma J, 2010. The forests of the island Robinson Crusoe: endemic to conserve. Environmental Management 20 19-26. (Pdf) Vargas, R. Reif, A., Danton, P., 2010. The forests of the island Robinson Crusoe: the treasure at risk. Magazine Native Forest 45: 13-19.