Regeneration of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in the Yucatan

International Forestry Review

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-39

  Dickinson, M B ^a   Whigham, D F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; REGENERATION;

MEXICO;

GYMNOSPERMAE; SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 0032821444     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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