Sprouting capability of 17 tropical tree species after overstory removal in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 399-403

  Negreros Castillo, Patricia ^a   B Hall, Richard ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coppice management; Mexico; Quintana Roo; Tree sprouting; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

FOREST PRODUCTS; SPROUTS; TIMBER;

BUILDING MATERIALS; FRUITS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD FUELS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

COPPICE; REGENERATION; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

MEXICO;

EID: 0034711977     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00109-7     Document Type: Article

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