Evaluation of trees indigenous to the montane forest of the Blue Mountains, Jamaica for reforestation and agroforestry

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 379-401

  McDonald, M A ^a   Hofny Collins, A ^b   Healey, J R ^a   Goodland, T C R ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Buffer zone management; Indigenous species; Local knowledge; Multipurpose tree species; Regeneration ecology; Species trial; Tree selection

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FARMS; FRUITS; TIMBER;

AGROFORESTRY;

FORESTRY;

AGROFORESTRY; MONTANE FOREST; NATIVE SPECIES; REFORESTATION;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FRUITS;

JAMAICA;

CINNAMOMUM; CINNAMOMUM MONTANUM; CLETHRA; DENDROPANAX; DENDROPANAX ARBOREUS; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA SILICICOLA; PODOCARPUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS OCCIDENTALIS; TURPINIA; TURPINIA OCCIDENTALIS; VIBURNUM;

EID: 0037416104     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00132-9     Document Type: Article

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