Alvaro G. Gutierrez I.
E-mail: alvaro.gutierrez@ufz.de
Department of Ecological Modelling
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoser Straße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)341 235 1718
Fax.: +49 (0)341 235 3500
About me
I studied Forestry at Universidad de Chile, Santiago. I am currently a doctoral student at the Hemholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig. My doctoral thesis focuses on temperate rainforests of Chile and their functioning under climate change (carbon and water balance, dynamics, structural and compositional changes). My main research interests are forest dynamics, impacts of global change on forests, dendrochronology and ecological modelling.
Doctoral Thesis Project (to be defended in 2010 at Technische Universität München):
"Long-term dynamics and the response of temperate rainforests of Chiloé Island (Chile) to climate change". Advisor: Dr. habil. Andreas Huth.
I manage a blog with updated scientific information on forests of southern South America (in spanish):
Publications
ISI journals
Contact me if you require any of these publications: alvaro.gutierrez@ufz.de
• Barbosa O, Marquet PA, Bacigalupe LD, Christie DA, del Val E, Gutiérrez AG, Jones CG, Weathers K, Armesto JJ (2010) Interactions among patch area, forest structure and water fluxes in a fog-inundated forest ecosystem in semiarid Chile. Functional Ecology 24(4): 909–917.
• Carmona MR, Aravena JC, Armesto JJ, Gutiérrez AG, et al. (2010) Estación Biológica Senda Darwin: investigación ecológica de largo plazo en la interfase ciencia-sociedad. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 83: 113-142.
• Gutiérrez, A.G., Armesto, J.J., Aravena, J.C., Carrasco, N.V., Christie, D.A., Carmona, M.R., Pérez, C., Peña, P.M., & Huth, A. (2009) Structural and environmental characterization of old-growth temperate rainforests of northern Chiloé Island, Chile: regional and global relevance. Forest Ecology and Management 258: 376 – 388.
• Gutiérrez A.G., Aravena J.C., Carrasco-Farias N.V., Christie D.A., Fuentes M. & Armesto J. (2008) Gap-phase dynamics and coexistence of a long-lived pioneer and shade-tolerant tree species in the canopy of an old-growth coastal temperate rain forest of Chiloé Island, Chile. Journal of Biogeography 35(9): 1674-1687.
• Gutiérrez, A.G., Barbosa, O., Christie, D.A., del-Val, E., Jones, C.G., Marquet, P.A &, Armesto, J.J. (2008). Regeneration patterns and persistence of the fog-dependent Fray Jorge forest in semiarid Chile during the past two centuries. Global Change Biology 14, 161-176.
• Rüger, N., Gutiérrez, A.G., Kissling D.W, Armesto, J.J. & Huth, A. (2007) Ecological impacts of harvesting scenarios for temperate evergreen rain forest in southern Chile – a simulation experiment. Forest Ecology and Management, 252, 52 – 66.
• del-Val, E., Armesto, J.J., Barbosa, O., Christie, D.A., Gutiérrez, A.G., Jones, C.G., Marquet, P.A., & Weathers, K.C. (2006) Rain forest islands in the chilean semiarid region: Fog-dependency, ecosystem persistence and tree regeneration. Ecosystems, 9, 598-608.
• Gutiérrez, A.G., Armesto, J.J. & Aravena, J.C. (2004). Disturbance and regeneration dynamics of a North Patagonian forest of Chiloé Island, Chile. Journal of Ecology, 92 (4): 598–608.
Others
• Armesto JJ, Smith-Ramírez C, Gutiérrez AG, Rozzi R, et al. (2009). Old-growth temperate rain forests of South America: Conservation, plant-animal interactions, and baseline biogeochemical processes. In: Old-growth forest functioning (eds C. Wirth, G. G. & M. Heimann). Ecological Studies Series, Springer, Berlin.
• Jaña-Prado R., Celis-Diez J.L., Gutiérrez A.G., Cornelius C. & Armesto, J.J. (2007) Diversidad en bosques fragmentados de Chiloé ¿son todos los fragmentos iguales? Chapter in: Biodiversidad en ambientes fragmentados de Chile: patrones y procesos a diferentes escalas. Grez A., Simonetti J. & Bustamante, R. (Eds). Editorial Universitaria. Santiago. Chile.
• Rüger N., Armesto J.J., Gutiérrez A.G., Williams-Linera G. & Huth A. (2007). Process-based modelling of regeneration dynamics and sustainable use in species-rich rain forests. Chapter in: Biodiversity Loss and Conservation in Fragmented Forest Landscapes. A.C. Newton (Ed.) Oxfort: Oxfort University Press (§). 244 – 275 pp.
• Gutiérrez, A.G; Carrasco, N.V.; Christie, D.A.; Aravena, J.C,; Fuentes M. & Armesto J.J. (2007) Edge effects on tree recruitment processes in Valdivian and North Patagonian rainforests: anthropogenic edges versus canopy gaps Box 4.8. in: (§) 94 – 95 pp.
• Gutiérrez, A.G; Peña M.P., Christie D.A. & Armesto J.J. (2007) Growth responses of eight canopy tree species to natural disturbance and anthropogenic edges Box 4.9. in: (§) 94 – 95 pp.
• Smith-Ramírez, C, Armesto, J., Rodríguez, J., Gutiérrez, A.G., Christie, D.A. & Núñez, M. (2005). Aextoxicon punctatum, el tique u olivillo. Chapter in: Historia, biodiversidad y Ecología de los bosques costeros de Chile. C., Smith-Ramírez, J Armesto & C Valdovinos (Eds.) Editorial Universitaria. Santiago. Chile
• Gutiérrez AG (2002). Aplicación de una metodología dendroecológica en un rodal del Tipo Forestal Siempreverde en la Isla Grande de Chiloé (Comuna de Ancud, X Región de Los Lagos). Departamento de Silvicultura, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales. Universidad de Chile. (Diplomarbeit)
Temperate rainforest in the coast of Chiloe Island, Chile (Photo: P. Necochea)
