Editing Pilgerodendron (section)

==History==
Indigenous sea-faring nomads of the [[Chono people|Chono]] and [[Kawésqar]]s groups used ''Pilgerodendron uviferum'' as firewood as well as wood for oars, boats and houses.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Fragmentos de la historia ambiental del sistema de fiordos y canales nor-patagónicos, Sur de Chile: Dos siglos de explotación|journal=[[Magallania]]|last1=Molinet|first1=Carlos|volume=46|pages=107–128|last2=Solari|first2=María Eugenia|issue=2|year=2018|language=es|last3=Díaz|first3=Manuel|last4=Marticorena|first4=Francisca|last5=Díaz|first5=Patricio A.|last6=Navarro|first6=Magdalena|last7=Niklitschek|first7=Edwin|doi=10.4067/s0718-22442018000200107|doi-access=free}}</ref> During the [[Antonio de Vea expedition]] (1675–1676) Spanish explorers visited the [[Guaitecas Archipelago|Guaitecas]] and [[Chonos Archipelago|Chonos]] archipelagoes where the tree grew noticing the similarity to the "cypresses of Spain".<ref>{{Cite book|title=[[Anuario Hidrográfico de la Marina de Chile]]|year=1886|location=Valparaíso|chapter=Expedición de Antonio de Vea|author-last=de Vea|author-first=Antonio|chapter-url=http://www.bibliotecanacionaldigital.gob.cl/visor/BND:74532|language=es|page=564}}</ref>

Historically the wood was used to make [[Railroad tie|railway sleepers]], but eventually became popular for use as timber in all types of construction. In the 1860s, [[Felipe Westhoff]] was one of various businessmen who exported ''Pilgerodendron uviferum'' north to Chilean and Peruvian ports.<ref name=divisadero>{{cite web |url=http://www.eldivisadero.cl/noticia-7782 |title=¿Quién era Felipe Westhoff Rodhius? |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=July 28, 2012 |website=eldivisadero.cl |publisher=Diario El Divisadero |access-date=January 10, 2019|language=es }}</ref> Westhoff, who was based in [[Ancud]], came initially as an agent of [[Ferrocarril Central Andino]] in Peru to purchase sleepers but soon became an independent businessman.<ref name=divisadero/><ref name=Morales2014>{{cite journal |last1=Morales B. |first1=Diego |date=2014 |title=El negocio de la madera: comerciantes y "hacheros" de Chiloé, 1850-1875|trans-title=Timber business: woodcutters and merchants of Chiloé, 1850-1875|language=es |url=https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-22442014000200003 |journal=[[Magallania]] |volume=42 |issue=2 |pages= 41–60|doi=10.4067/S0718-22442014000200003 |access-date=January 10, 2019|doi-access=free }}</ref>

The town of [[Melinka]] was established in 1860 during the ''Pilgerodendron'' boom. This was the first permanent settlement in the Guaitecas Archipelago.<ref name=divisadero/> After Westhoff's retirement in the 1870s, [[Ciriaco Álvarez]], a native of [[Chonchi]], rose as the most prominent ''P. uviferum'' businessman in the area, and was dubbed "The King of Pilgerodendron" ({{langx|es|El Rey del Ciprés}}).<ref name=divisadero/> Many of the wooden structures in settlements of the southern Chilean archipelagos are built largely from ''P. uviferum'' wood.

Foraging by [[southern pudu]] is thought to be detrimental for the regeneration of burned forests of ''Pilgerodendron uviferum''.<ref name=gay19>{{Cite journal |title=Browsing evidence of the native and near-threatened Pudu puda deer in restoration plantings on Chiloé Island, Chile |journal=[[Gayana. Botánica]] |url=https://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-66432019000100024&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=en |last1=Burger|first1=Andreas|issue=1 |volume=76 |last2=Bannister |first2=Jan R. |year=2019 |last3=Galindo |first3=Nicole |last4=Vargas-Gaete |first4=Rodrigo |last5=Vidal |first5=Osvaldo J.|last6=Schlegel |first6=Bastienne|pages=24–33 |doi=10.4067/S0717-66432019000100024  |s2cid=202853005 |doi-access=free }}</ref>