IAI-Data-CRN_012_Marchesini_Notho: Growth and the herbivory of Nothofagus nervosa seedlings

During 2001 a native forest in the South of Argentina experienced the massive flowering and death of the bamboo Chusquea culeou, a dominant understory species. We proposed to assess the impact of this event on: a) the environmental factors and b) the population dynamics of forest vegetation. We recorded air and soil temperature, relative air humidity and light intensity under two conditions: death and green bamboo. We also registered the survirvoship, growth and herbivory rates on Nothofagus nervosa, a canopy dominant tree and Chusquea culeou seedlings. We monitored the growth and the herbivory of Nothofagus nervosa seedlings under two conditions, green and dead bamboo in different moments of the year. We measured height, number of leaf, number of damaged leaf and number of sprouts per plant.