Sowing date, shade, and irrigation affect big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 132, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 173-181

  Morris, Melissa H ^a   Negreros Castillo, Patricia ^b   Mize, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Honduras mahogany; Nursery; Regeneration; Seed; Tropical dry forest

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; SHADING; SOWING DATE;

MEXICO;

SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 0034234777     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00224-8     Document Type: Article

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