Stand structure and spatial pattern of commercial species in logged and unlogged Venezuelan forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 163-174

  Kammesheidt, Ludwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bole volume; Bombacopsis quinata; Management; Mature forest; Residual stand; Spatial distribution; Systematic sampling design; Vertical structure

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; LOGGING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND STRUCTURE;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0032538118     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00245-X     Document Type: Article

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