Bofedales: high altitude peatlands of the central Andes

There is an exceptional group of alpine peatlands in the world situated in the arid grasslands of the central Andes. The peatlands in northern Chile occur in the most arid part of their range. Members of the Juncaceae are the primary peat-forming plant species. Fresh and mildly saline groundwaters o...

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Autores principales:	SQUEO,FRANCISCO A, WARNER,BARRY G, ARAVENA,RAMÓN, ESPINOZA,DIANA
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2006
Materias:	peatlands arid grasslands South America
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0716-078X20060002000102006-07-24Bofedales: high altitude peatlands of the central AndesSQUEO,FRANCISCO AWARNER,BARRY GARAVENA,RAMÓNESPINOZA,DIANA peatlands arid grasslands South America There is an exceptional group of alpine peatlands in the world situated in the arid grasslands of the central Andes. The peatlands in northern Chile occur in the most arid part of their range. Members of the Juncaceae are the primary peat-forming plant species. Fresh and mildly saline groundwaters originate from glaciers, snowmelt and rain are the water sources for the northern Chile peatlands. Paleoecological investigations suggest that some peatlands are recent features of the landscape having developed within the last three thousand years or less. These peatlands are unique, extremely fragile water features sensitive to climate changes and human disturbances such as regional mining activity. Much more work is required to develop scientifically based sound management and conservation programs for the rare plants and animals that live in them and to ensure the future livelihoods of the indigenous peoples who depend on theminfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileRevista chilena de historia natural v.79 n.2 20062006-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2006000200010en10.4067/S0716-078X2006000200010
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description	There is an exceptional group of alpine peatlands in the world situated in the arid grasslands of the central Andes. The peatlands in northern Chile occur in the most arid part of their range. Members of the Juncaceae are the primary peat-forming plant species. Fresh and mildly saline groundwaters originate from glaciers, snowmelt and rain are the water sources for the northern Chile peatlands. Paleoecological investigations suggest that some peatlands are recent features of the landscape having developed within the last three thousand years or less. These peatlands are unique, extremely fragile water features sensitive to climate changes and human disturbances such as regional mining activity. Much more work is required to develop scientifically based sound management and conservation programs for the rare plants and animals that live in them and to ensure the future livelihoods of the indigenous peoples who depend on them
author	SQUEO,FRANCISCO A WARNER,BARRY G ARAVENA,RAMÓN ESPINOZA,DIANA
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title	Bofedales: high altitude peatlands of the central Andes
title_short	Bofedales: high altitude peatlands of the central Andes
title_full	Bofedales: high altitude peatlands of the central Andes
title_fullStr	Bofedales: high altitude peatlands of the central Andes
title_full_unstemmed	Bofedales: high altitude peatlands of the central Andes
title_sort	bofedales: high altitude peatlands of the central andes
publisher	Sociedad de Biología de Chile
publishDate	2006
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2006000200010
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Bofedales: high altitude peatlands of the central Andes

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