Testing liana cutting and controlled burning as silvicultural treatments for a logged forest in the eastern Amazon

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1264-1276

  Gerwing, Jeffrey J ^a,b  

^a Inst Homem Meio Ambiente Amazonia   (Brazil)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Tree growth; Tropical forest management

Indexed keywords

BURNING; CUTTING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; SILVICULTURE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0035679096     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8901.2001.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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