The effects of silvicultural thinning on trees regenerating in strip clear-cuts in the Peruvian Amazon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 103-116

  Dolanc, Christopher R ^a,c   Gorchov, David L ^a   Cornejo, Fernando ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Proyecto Castañales   (Peru)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual growth increment; Deferment cut; Recruitment; Sapling survival; Sustainable management; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PHYSIOLOGY; REFORESTATION;

SILVICULTURE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLEARCUTTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RAINFOREST; SILVICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; THINNING;

AMAZONIA; PERU;

EID: 0042352249     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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