Ecological effects of small-scale cutting of Philippine mangrove forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 331-348

  Walters, Bradley B ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Canopy gaps; Coppice regeneration; Mangroves; Non timber forest products; Philippines; Traditional resource use

Indexed keywords

FOREST STRUCTURES; MANGROVE FORESTS; WOOD HARVESTING;

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; SEED; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HARVESTING; MANGROVE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RESOURCE USE;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SEEDS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

AVICENNIA MARINA; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SONNERATIA;

EID: 11844290147     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.11.015     Document Type: Article

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