First-year results of partial overstory removal and direct seeding of mahogany (swietenia macrophylla) in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 65-76

  Negreros Castillo, Patricia ^a   Hall, Richard B ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0010039988     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v03n02_04     Document Type: Article

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