Short term impacts of experimental timber harvest intensity on forest structure and composition in the Chimanes Forest, Bolivia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 102, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 235-243

  Panfil, S N ^a   Gullison, R E ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Harvest rate; Logging damage; Timber extraction; Tropical forestry

Indexed keywords

HURA CREPITANS;

EID: 0032559791     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00165-5     Document Type: Article

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