Regeneration of timber species following selection logging in a Bolivian tropical dry forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 47-55

  Fredericksen, Todd S ^a   Mostacedo, Bonifacio ^a  

^a Proyecto BOLFOR   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Competition; Disturbance; Logging; Regeneration; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DRY FOREST; REGENERATION; SELECTIVE LOGGING;

BOLIVIA;

ANADENANTHERA COLUBRINA; ASTRONIUM URUNDEUVA;

EID: 0034212419     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00199-1     Document Type: Article

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