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Contents
1 Native Forests Claim for Breeding in Argentina:
General Concepts and Their State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Mario J. Pastorino
Part I Temperate Subantarctic Forests
2 Temperate Subantarctic Forests: A Huge Natural
Laboratory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Paula Marchelli, Mario J. Pastorino, and Leonardo A. Gallo
3 Raulí (Nothofagus alpina = N. nervosa): The Best Quality
Hardwood in Patagonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Paula Marchelli, Mario J. Pastorino, María Marta Azpilicueta,
Virginia Duboscq-Carra, Georgina Sola, Verónica El Mujtar,
Verónica Arana, Jorge Arias-Rios, Natalia Fernández,
Sonia Fontenla, Marcelo González Peñalba, and Leonardo A. Gallo
4 Roble pellín (Nothofagus obliqua): A Southern Beech
with a Restricted Distribution Area But a Wide Environmental
Range in Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
María Marta Azpilicueta, Paula Marchelli, Alejandro G. Aparicio,
Mario J. Pastorino, Verónica El Mujtar, Cristian Daniel Torres,
Javier Guido Puntieri, Marina Stecconi, Fernando Barbero,
Liliana Lozano, and Leonardo A. Gallo
5 Nothofagus pumilio and N. antarctica: The Most Widely
Distributed and Cold- Tolerant Southern Beeches in Patagonia . . . . . 117
Carolina Soliani, Paula Marchelli, Víctor A. Mondino,
Mario J. Pastorino, M. Gabriela Mattera, Leonardo A. Gallo,
Alejandro G. Aparicio, Ana D. Torres, Luis E. Tejera, and Teresa
Schinelli Casares