Information about the Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Biodiversity Hotspot was developed using the book Hotspots Revisited, which cites:

Armesto, J.J., Rozz, R., Smith-Ramírez, C., & Arroyo M.T.K. 1998. Conservation targets in South American temperate forests. Science 282:1271-1272.

Arroyo, M.T.K., Marticorena, C., Matthei, O., & Cavieres, L. 2000. Plant invasions in Chile: Present patterns and future predictions. In H.A. Mooney & R. Hobbs. (Eds.), Invasive Species in a Changing World. pp. 385-421. New York: Island Press.

Arroyo, M.T.K., Marticorena, C., Matthei, O., Muñoz, M. & Pliscoff, P. 2002. Analysis of the contribution and efficiency of the Santuario de Naturaleza Yerba Loca, 33ºS in protecting the vascular flora of the metropolitan region of Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 75:767-792.

Arroyo, M.T.K., Rozzi, J.R., Simonetti, J., Marquet, J.A. & Salaberry, M. 1999. Central Chile. In R.A. Mittermeier, N. Myers, P. Robles-Gil, & C.G. Mittermeier. (Eds.), 1999. Hotspots. Earth’s Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions. pp. 161-171. Mexico City: CEMEX-Agrupación Sierra Madre.

Arroyo, M.T.K. & Cavieres, L. 1997. The Mediterranean-type climate flora of central Chile: What do we know and how can we assure its protection. Noticiero de Biología 5(2):48-56.

Arroyo, M.T.K., Cavieres, L., Marticorena, C., & Muñoz, M. 1995. Convergence in the Mediterranean floras of central Chile and California: Insights from comparative biogeography. In M.T.K. Arroyo, M.D. Fox, & P. Zedler. (Eds.), Ecology and Biogeography of Mediterranean Ecosystems in Chile, California and Australia. pp. 43-88. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Arroyo, M.T.K., Riveros, M., Peñaloza, A., Cavieres, L., & Faggi, A.M. 1996. Phytogeographic relationships and regional richness patterns of the cool temperate rainforest flora of southern South America. In R.G. Lawford, P.B. Alaback, & E. Fuentes. (Eds.), High-Latitude Rainforests and Associated Ecosystems of the West Coasts of the Americas. Climate, Hydrology, Ecology and Conservation. pp.134-172. New York: Springer Verlag.

Bremer, K. & Gustafsson, M.H.G. 1997. East Gondwanaland ancestry of the sunflower alliance of families. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 94:9188-9190.

CONAF-CONAMA-BIRF. 1999. Catastro y evaluación de los recursos vegetacionales nativos de Chile. Informe nacional con variables ambientales, Vol. N. Santiago.

Fuentes, E.R., Aviles, R. & Seguro, A. 1990. The natural vegetation of a heavily man-transformed landscape: The savanna of central Chile. Interciencia 15:293-295.

Gil P.R., Mittermeier, C.G. & Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). 1999 Hotspots: Earth's Biologically Wealthiest and Most Threatened Ecosystems. México: CEMEX.

Hoffmann, A., Arroyo, M.T.K., Liberona, F., Muñoz, M. & Watson, J. 1998. Plantas Altoandinas en la Flora Silvestre de Chile. Santiago: Ediciones Fundación Claudio Gay.

Marticorena, C., Steussy, T.F. & Baeza, C.M. 1998. Catalogo de la flora vascular de las islas Robison Crusoe o Juan Fernández, Chile. Gayana, Bot. 55:2-2.

Mittermeier, R.A., N. Myers, P. Robles-Gil, & C.G. Mittermeier (Eds.). 1999. Hotspots. Earth’s Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecoregions. CEMEX/Agrupación Sierra Madre, Mexico City.

Muñoz, S., Núñez, M.H. & Yáñez, J. (Eds.). 1996. Libro Rojo de los Sitios Prioritarios para la Conservación de la Diversidad Biológica. Santiago: Corporación Nacional Forestal.

Squeo, F.A., Arancio, G. & Gutiérrez, J.R. 2001. (Eds.) Libro Rojo de los Sitios Prioritarios para su Conservación: Region de Coquimbo. La Serena: Ediciones University La Serena.

Steussy, T.F., Marticorena, C., Rodrigquez, R., Crawford, D.J. & Silva, M. 1992. Endemism in the vascular flora of the Juan Fernández Islands. Aliso 13: 297-307.

Villagrán C. & Hinojosa, L.F. 1997. Historia de los bosques del sur de Sudamérica, II: Análisis fitogeográfico. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 70: 241-267.