Predicting the impacts of harvesting using structured population models: The importance of density-dependence and timing of harvest for a tropical palm tree

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 846-858

  Freckleton, R P ^a   Silva Matos, D M ^a,d   Bovi, M L A ^a,b   Watkinson, A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Euterpe edulis; Matrix model; Population regulation; Size structure; Sustainable harvesting

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HARVESTING; POPULATION MODELING; TROPICAL REGION;

EUTERPE; EUTERPE EDULIS;

EID: 0141836721     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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