Catastrophic disturbance, logging and the ecology of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King): Grounds for listing a major tropical timber species in CITES

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-46

  Snook, Laura K ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Am azon; Belize; conservation; dynamics; fire; flooding; forestry; hurricane; Mexico; regeneration; stand; tropical forest

Indexed keywords

SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 0030469721     PISSN: 00244074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bojl.1996.0047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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