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PLANTS AND LIFE PROCESSES  
Why treelines?

Chilean Andes

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1 - Treeline above Terma caliente, near Conception, 1800 m

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2 - Nothofagus antarctica forming the upper montane forest

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3 - Deciduous treeline forest formed by Nothofagus obliqua

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4 - Nothofagus "krummholz"

 

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29 August 2011
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