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Dr. Horacio Gilabert
Departamento de Ecosistemas y Medio Ambientte

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Journal article
Published: 22 March 2021 in Sustainability
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El Quisco is a district and popular seaside resort on the coast of Chile that has suffered the effects of the growing demand for second homes and tourism activities. The district has the fourth highest influx of a floating population in the region, which has had numerous impacts on the district at several levels. The objective of this article is to examine the issue of carrying capacity in Chile and its public management at the local level. To this end, this research developed an exploratory and instrumental case study. Carrying capacity problems were first identified in the existing literature. This information was subsequently complemented with more local information by means of: analysis of territorial planning instruments (TPIs) relating to the district; participative workshops with municipal government stakeholders; and, lastly, confirmation of the problems identified through correlation analysis of available historical data. The main result of this research was the determination of carrying capacity issues in El Quisco. This broadly coincides with indications from the existing literature and TPIs, while factors identified by local stakeholders are territory-specific, giving rise to new measurement variables. It was possible, in turn, to rule out certain carrying capacity issues perceived by the community.

ACS Style

Roberto Moris; Kay Bergamini; Horacio Gilabert; Rodrigo Culagovski; Daniela Zaviezo; José Medina; Andrea Alarcón; Piroska Ángel. Impact of Population Growth in the Central Coastal Zone of Chile: Factors for Estimating Tourism Carrying Capacity Based on the Case Study of One Latin American Seaside Resort. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3527 .

AMA Style

Roberto Moris, Kay Bergamini, Horacio Gilabert, Rodrigo Culagovski, Daniela Zaviezo, José Medina, Andrea Alarcón, Piroska Ángel. Impact of Population Growth in the Central Coastal Zone of Chile: Factors for Estimating Tourism Carrying Capacity Based on the Case Study of One Latin American Seaside Resort. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (6):3527.

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Roberto Moris; Kay Bergamini; Horacio Gilabert; Rodrigo Culagovski; Daniela Zaviezo; José Medina; Andrea Alarcón; Piroska Ángel. 2021. "Impact of Population Growth in the Central Coastal Zone of Chile: Factors for Estimating Tourism Carrying Capacity Based on the Case Study of One Latin American Seaside Resort." Sustainability 13, no. 6: 3527.

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Published: 30 September 2020 in Forests
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Forest plantations have a large potential for carbon sequestration, playing an important role in the global carbon cycle. However, despite the large amount of research carried out worldwide, the absolute contribution of forest plantations is still incomplete for some parts of the world. To help bridge this gap, we calculated the amount of C stock in three fast growing forest species in Chile. Carbon pools in above-ground and below-ground biomass, forest floor, and soil were considered for this analysis. Across the plantation forests of Chile, carbon accumulated in the above-ground biomass was 181–212 Mg · ha−1 for Pinus radiata, 147–180 Mg · ha−1 for Eucalyptus nitens, and 95–117 Mg · ha−1 for Eucalyptus globulus (age 20–24 years for P. radiata and 10–14 years for Eucalyptus). Total C stocks were for 343 Mg · ha−1 for P. radiata, 352 Mg · ha−1 for E. nitens, and 254 Mg · ha−1 for E. globulus, also at the end of a typical rotation. The carbon pool in the forest floor was found to be significantly lower (less than 4% of the total) when compared to the other pools and showed large spatial variability. Our results agree with other studies showing that 30–50% of the total C stock is stored in the soil. The baseline data will be valuable for modelling C storage changes under different management regimes (changes in species, rotation length and stocking) and for different future climates. Given the contribution of soils to total carbon stocks, special attention should be paid to forest management activities that affect the soil organic carbon pool.

ACS Style

Guillermo Olmedo; Mario Guevara; Horacio Gilabert; Cristián Montes; Eduardo Arellano; Beatriz Barría-Knopf; Francisco Gárate; Pablo Mena-Quijada; Eduardo Acuña; Horacio Bown; Michael Ryan. Baseline of Carbon Stocks in Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus spp. Plantations of Chile. Forests 2020, 11, 1063 .

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Guillermo Olmedo, Mario Guevara, Horacio Gilabert, Cristián Montes, Eduardo Arellano, Beatriz Barría-Knopf, Francisco Gárate, Pablo Mena-Quijada, Eduardo Acuña, Horacio Bown, Michael Ryan. Baseline of Carbon Stocks in Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus spp. Plantations of Chile. Forests. 2020; 11 (10):1063.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Guillermo Olmedo; Mario Guevara; Horacio Gilabert; Cristián Montes; Eduardo Arellano; Beatriz Barría-Knopf; Francisco Gárate; Pablo Mena-Quijada; Eduardo Acuña; Horacio Bown; Michael Ryan. 2020. "Baseline of Carbon Stocks in Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus spp. Plantations of Chile." Forests 11, no. 10: 1063.

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Published: 04 September 2020
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Forest plantations have a large potential for carbon sequestration, playing an important role in the global carbon cycle. However, despite the huge amount of research carried out worldwide, the absolute contribution of industrial forest plantations is still incomplete for some parts of the world. To contribute to bridge this gap, we calculated the amount of C stock in three fast growing forest species in Chile. Relevant C pools (above-ground and below-ground biomass, forest floor, and soil) were considered for this analysis. Across the industrial plantation forests of Chile, carbon accumulated in the above-ground biomass was 181–212 Mg · ha−1 for Pinus radiata, 147–180 Mg · ha−1 for Eucalyptus nitens, and 95–117 Mg · ha−1 for Eucalyptus globulus (age 20–24 years for P.radiata and 10–14 years for Eucalyptus). Our results agree with other studies showing that 30%–50% of the total C stock is stored in the soil. Total C stocks were for 343 Mg · ha−1 for P.radiata, 352 Mg · ha−1 for E.nitens, and 254 Mg · ha−1 for E. gloubulus, also at the end of a typical rotation. The carbon pool in the forest floor was found to be significantly lower (less than 4% of the total) when compared to the other pools and showed large spatial variability. We conclude that industrial forest plantations are a valuable tool to reduce atmospheric CO2 and mitigate climate change. Given the contribution of soils to total carbon stocks, special attention should be paid to forest management activities that affect the soil organic carbon pool.

ACS Style

Guillermo Federico Olmedo; Mario Guevara; Horacio Gilabert; Cristian R. Montes; Eduardo C. Arellano; Beatriz Barría-Knopf; Francisco Gárate; Pablo Mena-Quijada; Eduardo Acuña; Horacio E. Bown; Michael G. Ryan. Baseline of Carbon Stocks in Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus spp. Plantations of Chile. 2020, 1 .

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Guillermo Federico Olmedo, Mario Guevara, Horacio Gilabert, Cristian R. Montes, Eduardo C. Arellano, Beatriz Barría-Knopf, Francisco Gárate, Pablo Mena-Quijada, Eduardo Acuña, Horacio E. Bown, Michael G. Ryan. Baseline of Carbon Stocks in Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus spp. Plantations of Chile. . 2020; ():1.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Guillermo Federico Olmedo; Mario Guevara; Horacio Gilabert; Cristian R. Montes; Eduardo C. Arellano; Beatriz Barría-Knopf; Francisco Gárate; Pablo Mena-Quijada; Eduardo Acuña; Horacio E. Bown; Michael G. Ryan. 2020. "Baseline of Carbon Stocks in Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus spp. Plantations of Chile." , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 02 February 2018 in Water
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Stochastic weather simulation, or weather generators (WGs), have gained a wide acceptance and been used for a variety of purposes, including climate change studies and the evaluation of climate variability and uncertainty effects. The two major challenges in WGs are improving the estimation of interannual variability and reducing overdispersion in the synthetic series of simulated weather. The objective of this work is to develop a WG model of daily rainfall, incorporating a covariable that accounts for interannual variability, and apply it in three climate regions (arid, Mediterranean, and temperate) of Chile. Precipitation occurrence was modeled using a two-stage, first-order Markov chain, whose parameters are fitted with a generalized lineal model (GLM) using a logistic function. This function considers monthly values of the observed Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies of the Region 3.4 of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO index) as a covariable. Precipitation intensity was simulated with a mixed exponential distribution, fitted using a maximum likelihood approach. The stochastic simulation shows that the application of the approach to Mediterranean and arid climates largely eliminates the overdispersion problem, resulting in a much improved interannual variability in the simulated values.

ACS Style

Diego Urdiales; Francisco Meza; Jorge Gironás; Horacio Gilabert. Improving Stochastic Modelling of Daily Rainfall Using the ENSO Index: Model Development and Application in Chile. Water 2018, 10, 145 .

AMA Style

Diego Urdiales, Francisco Meza, Jorge Gironás, Horacio Gilabert. Improving Stochastic Modelling of Daily Rainfall Using the ENSO Index: Model Development and Application in Chile. Water. 2018; 10 (2):145.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Diego Urdiales; Francisco Meza; Jorge Gironás; Horacio Gilabert. 2018. "Improving Stochastic Modelling of Daily Rainfall Using the ENSO Index: Model Development and Application in Chile." Water 10, no. 2: 145.