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Alerce

Educational resources on Alerce

Alerce or Fitzroya cupressoides is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Endangered due to A1cd+2cd. IUCN Profile of the Alerce

Academic web links for the Alerce.


Alerce Andino: ...bridge. Most of the hike was through mudd and bamboo stands. The BIG attraction in Alerce Andino park is the old growth trees. This ...
http://www.nd.edu/~chace/Pictures/Trips/Alerce_Andino/alerce_andino.html

Case Study: In 1976, the government declared the araucana and the alerce national monuments, but enforcement against felling was weak and in 1987, the government gave in ...
http://www.american.edu/TED/chile.htm

Villarrica East Side: For example there are no fir trees, instead the dominant tree in lower elevations is a Birch tree called Alerce, as seen up-close in this photo. ...
http://geology.isu.edu/idahorocks/Research/Chile%20Research/VolcanVillarrica/VillarricaEastSide.html

Sciences Concentrators: Finally, isolated stands of the endangered Alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides) include some of the oldest living beings in the world - at up to 3500 years of age ...
http://drclas.fas.harvard.edu/santiago/scienciesconcentration.htm

Viva Chile! -: ...the right background. Along the Camino Austral "road".... that is to say, a 1-lane gravel road ... Parque Nacional Alerce Andino. ...
http://atm.ucdavis.edu/~grotjahn/personal/Chile/Chile.htm

A trek through paradise: In the Patagonian province of Chubut we visited the Parque Nacional Los Alerces. The alerce is one of the few coniferous trees that is native to Patagonia. ...
http://archives.thedaily.washington.edu/1997/060697/trek060697.html

Tuesday, November 1: ...by evidence of clearing skies, I hurried down the hill to Andina Del Sud travel agency to arrange for a trip to the nearest national park, Alerce Andino, but ...
http://pr.utk.edu/alumnus/summer96/k2.html

Marxism message, Victor Jara: Warner Music last month took over the rights to distribute Jara's music worldwide, pushing aside a local grass roots label, Alerce. ...
http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/marxism/2002w52/msg00039.htm







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