Nothofagus alpina

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FAGALES	FAGACEAE

Scientific Name:

Nothofagus alpina

Species Authority:

(Popp. & Endl.) Oerst.

Common Name/s:

Spanish

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Raulí

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3
Year Assessed:	1998
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	González, M.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Occurs in both the Coastal Cordillera and Andes in Chile, extending into Argentina. There are still extensive areas of intact forest. The species is little represented in Chilean protected areas.
Countries:	Native: Argentina (Neuquén); Chile (Biobío, Maule)

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species occurs in moist seasonal forest up to 1,900 m.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Most of the lower elevation forest has been logged and converted to agriculture, especially in the northern part of the range, and also to Pinus radiata plantations.

Major Threat(s):

Most of the lower elevation forest has been logged and converted to agriculture, especially in the northern part of the range, and also to Pinus radiata plantations.

Bibliography [top]

	Chebez, Juan Carlos. 1994. Los que se van. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Albatros. González Cangas, Mauro. 1996. Completed data collection forms for tree species of Chile. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. Veblen, T.T., Donoso, C., Kitzberger, T. and Robertus, A.J. 1996. Ecology of southern Chilean and Argentinean Nothofagus forests. In: T.T. Veblen et al. (eds) The Ecology and Biogeography of Nothofagus Forests, pp.293-353.

Chebez, Juan Carlos. 1994. Los que se van. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Albatros.

González Cangas, Mauro. 1996. Completed data collection forms for tree species of Chile.

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

Veblen, T.T., Donoso, C., Kitzberger, T. and Robertus, A.J. 1996. Ecology of southern Chilean and Argentinean Nothofagus forests. In: T.T. Veblen et al. (eds) The Ecology and Biogeography of Nothofagus Forests, pp.293-353.

Citation:	González, M. 1998. Nothofagus alpina. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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