Canopy removal and residual stand damage during controlled selective logging in lowland swamp forest of northeast Costa Rica

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-129

  Webb, Edward L ^a,b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b Dept of Mar and Wildlife Resources   (American Samoa)

Author keywords

Forest management; Gaps; Sustainable extraction; Tropical forestry

Indexed keywords

CANOPY REMOVAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOWLAND FOREST; MANAGEMENT; RESIDUAL STAND DAMAGE; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SWAMP FOREST; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

CARAPA; CARAPA NICARAGUENSIS; MELIACEAE;

EID: 0030774340     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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