[DOC] [TLE] Southern South America: Chile and Argentina | Ecoregions | WWF [PAR] The Valdivian temperate forest and the more hygrophilous vegetation of the ... 
2,400 m in central Chile (35 S), descending to 1,000 m in the south of the 
Valdivian region. ... These extinctions were due to a remarkable contraction of the 
tropical .... The southern temperate forests are characterized by flora with one of 
the... [DOC] [TLE] Valdivian temperate rain forest - Wikipedia [PAR] The Valdivian temperate rain forest ecoregion is located on the west coast of 
southern South ... Some few Valdivian forests grows in northern Chile such as 
that one in ... As a result, the temperate forest regions have evolved in relative 
isolation, ... grows in humid areas below 500 m, where Chusquea coleou 
becomes more... [DOC] [TLE] Neotropical realm - Wikipedia [PAR] The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the 
Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of 
the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. ... These rainforest 
ecoregions are one of the most important reserves of biodiversity on Earth. These
... [DOC] [TLE] Valdivian Temperate Rainforests / Juan Fernandez Islands | WWF [PAR] A trek through the Valdivian Temperate Rain Forests will take you through low 
coastal ... and Andean peaks are the backdrop of these temperate rainforests. ... 
Because of the rapid elevation changes, the region is home to many species with 
... that helped preserve southern Chile's Valdivian Coastal Range, one of the 
most... [DOC] [TLE] D. Why is there so much biodiversity in tropical rainforests ... [PAR] The Southeast Asian region, for instance, doesn't demonstrate these areas of ... 
over great areas in the tropics (which is not the case for most temperate areas). 
.... But if the pathogen can attack only one species of tree, trees of other species... [DOC] [TLE] Tropical Andes Biodiversity Hotspot - CEPF.net [PAR] investments are even more meaningful because these regions are home to ... 
Peru, Bolivia and the northern tropical portions within Argentina and Chile. ... 
Despite its rich biodiversity, the hotspot also ranks as one of the most ... 
threatened species, the highest number of any hotspot, but still only a subset of 
the true number. [DOC] [TLE] Bats of the Chilean temperate rainforest: patterns of landscape use ... [PAR] Apr 27, 2014 ... Impacts of forest plantations on biodiversity are controversial; forest plantations 
.... related to bat ecology and landscape features in Chile have been lacking (but 
see ... We chose to survey one landscape in each of these three regions. ... of 
Valdivian temperate rainforest dominated by species of the family... [DOC] [TLE] Biodiversity Hotspots - CNRS [PAR] Biodiversity Hotspots. 1919 M STREET ... ATLANTIC FOREST The Atlantic Forest 
of tropical South America boasts 20,000 ... of plant endemism characteristic of 
these regions. ... the Atacama Desert, the Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian 
Forests ... region is one of the most geographically complex areas on Earth. 
Isolation... [DOC] [TLE] Biodiversity hotspots: A shortcut for a more complicated concept [PAR] Dec 31, 2014 ... A central issue in conservation is to identify biodiversity-rich areas to which ... of 
plant endemism, identified ten tropical forest hotspots (Mittermeier et al., 2011). 
.... these areas are usually defined by one or more species-based metrics .... 
value in some temperate and southern hemisphere marine regions. [DOC] [TLE] valuing ecosystem services of chilean temperate rainforests [PAR] Chilean temperate rainforests in the Valdivian Rainforest Ecoregion ... WWF and 
the World Bank classified this region among the most threatened in the ... 
biological diversity have a recognized ecological value, but the absence of data 
on ..... One of the methods to estimate indirect economic values of forests is the 
pro-. [DOC] [TLE] Biodiversity and the Ecosystem Approach in Agriculture, Forestry ... [PAR] Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) is one of the best-known and more 
frequently ... to mature trees, but once the dry season starts, a high percentage of 
them dies. ... Tropical moist deciduous forest stretches along the lower region of 
the .... Seven of these species had only one tree on the whole sampled area, 
while 15...

Question: Most of these biodiverse areas are in the tropics, but Chile's Valdivian one is in a temperate zone
Answer: a rain forest