Climatic response and growth-trends of Nothofagus pumilio along altitudinal gradients from arid to humid sites in Northern Patagonia

The aim of this study is the detection of the growth pattern of Nothofagus pumilio over the W-E transect, and the precise evaluation of the climate-growth relationships across its broad distribution range over ecologically different sites, with the aim of contributing to its utilisation for dendroclimatological research purposes. The present investigation hopes to make a small contribution towards a better and more complex understanding of climate variability in mountain regions of the Southern Hemisphere.