Experimental harvesting of the non-timber forest product Ischnosiphon polyphyllus in central Amazonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 190, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 219-225

  Nakazono, Erika M ^a,d   Bruna, Emilio M ^b   Mesquita, Rita C G ^c  

^a Fund Vitória Amazônica ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arum ; Brazil; Forest management; Non timber forest product; Sustainable harvesting

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); TIMBER;

FOREST PRODUCTS; FOREST STRUCTURE;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SUSTAINABILITY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARUMA; ISCHNOSIPHON; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 1542320148     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.10.013     Document Type: Article

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