Ãlvaro Andrés Promis Baeza
ASSISTANT TEACHER
Department of Forestry and Nature Conservation
Universidad de Chile
Spain
Biography
Director (Associate Professor) Department Forestry and Nature Conservation, University of Chile. My main area of ​​interest is focused on Vegetation Ecology. Specifically the lines of research include: 1. Ecology of regeneration in natural and intervened forests. 2. Conservation and development of sustainable management of natural vegetation cover with emphasis on woodlands. 3. Recovery of degraded native forests .
Research Interest
Dr. Ingeniero Forestal, with experience in university teaching and in the development, management and execution of scientific research and development projects. I have a great interest in the sustainable use and conservation of natural resources, in forestry and in forest ecology. My main areas of interest include (1) forestry of native forests, (2) forest regeneration ecology, (3) effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on forest dynamics, (4) biodiversity in forests and (5) forest meteorology.
Publications
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Promis, A. , Gärtner, S., Butler-Manning, D., Durán-Rengel, C., Reif, A., Cruz, G., Hernández, L. 2010. Comparison of four different programs for the analysis of hemispherical photographs using parameters of canopy structure and solar radiation transmittance. Waldökologie, Landschaftsforschung und Naturschutz 11: 19-33
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barra, M., Caldentey, J., Promis, A . 2011. Decay of leaf litter in stands of Nothofagus pumilio from the Magallanes region. Forest 32 (3): 227-233
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Promis, A. , Caldentey, J., Cruz, G. 2012. Evaluating the usefulness of hemispherical photographs as a means to estimate photosynthetic photon flux density during a growing season in the understorey of Nothofagus pumilio forests. Plant Biosystems 146 (1): 237-243
