Demography and life history of Geonoma orbignyana: An understory palm used as foliage in Colombia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-340

  Rodríguez Buriticá, Susana ^a   Orjuela, Maria Andrea ^b   Galeano, Gloria ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Demography; Geonoma orbignyana; Life history; Matrix models; Non timber forest products; Palms

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HARVESTING; POPULATION STATISTICS; TOPOLOGY;

LIFE HISTORY; LIGHT CONDITIONS; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT (NTFP); PALM;

FORESTRY;

LIFE HISTORY;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CORRELATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; TOPOGRAPHY;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GEONOMA ORBIGNYANA;

EID: 19544384727     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.02.052     Document Type: Article

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