Appendix A. A table showing the general characteristics of the surveyed sites.
TABLE A1. The total area (ha) of the park or reserve and the percentage covered with forests are a rough estimate based on the limits of the parks and information available in the national vegetation survey (www.sinia.cl). The elevation range, forest stage and vegetation types shown correspond to the surveyed points only.
Name of the site (abbreviation used)
Location
Elevation range (m)
Total area
(% forest)Forest stage
Vegetation types surveyed
R.N. Río Los Cipreses
34.5S, 70.4W
1500–1600
36880 (1%)
secondary growth
Austrocedrus chilensis
P.N. Conguillío
38.6S, 71.6W
1100–1600
60830 (20%)
secondary and old growth
Araucaria araucana; Nothofagus obliqua-Nothofagus alpina-Nothofagus dombeyi
P.N. Huerquehue
39.2S, 71.7W
800–1400
12500 (80%)
secondary and old growth
Araucaria araucana; Nothofagus dombeyi-Nothofagus alpina-Laureliopsis philipiana
R.N. Altos del Lircay
35.6S, 71.0W
1200–1800
16700 (40%)
secondary growth
Nothofagus obliqua-Nothofagus alpina-Nothofagus dombeyi; Nothofagus pumilio
P.N. Nahuelbuta
37.8S, 73.0W
1200–1400
6800 (100%)
secondary and old growth
Araucaria araucana; Nothofagus obliqua-Nothofagus alpina-Nothofagus dombeyi
R.N. Radal Siete Tazas
35.5S, 71.0W
1050–1450
5150 (70%)
secondary growth
Nothofagus obliqua-Nothofagus alpina-Nothofagus dombeyi
R. N. Ralco
37.9S, 71.3W
1000–1400
10000 (30%)
secondary growth
Araucaria araucana; Nothofagus obliqua-Nothofagus alpina-Nothofagus dombeyi
R.N. Los Ruiles†
35.8S, 72.5W
150–450
180 (100%)
secondary growth
Nothofagus obliqua-Nothofagus glauca
Villa Baviera
36.4S, 71.5W
400–700
20000 (60%)
secondary growth
Nothofagus bliqua-Nothofagus glauca
† This reserve is immersed in a larger patch fragment (600 ha).