Six years of fruit production by mahogany trees (Swietenia macrophylla King): Patterns of variation and implications for sustainability

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 221-235

  Snook, Laura K ^a,c   Cámara Cabrales, Luisa ^b   Kelty, Matthew J ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c The Walk   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fruiting cycles; Growth; Mast fruiting; Maya forest; Mexico; Regeneration; Seed production; Seeding; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

FRUIT PRODUCTION; FRUITING DYNAMICS; MAHAGANY TREES;

ECOLOGY; FRUITS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

DIAMETER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; REGENERATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FRUITS; LOGGING; SWIETENIA;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUINTANA ROO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 11844257695     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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