Sustainability of timber harvesting in Bolivian tropical forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 294-304

  Dauber, Erhard ^a,c   Fredericksen, Todd S ^b   Peña, Marielos ^a,b,c  

^a Proyecto BOLFOR   (Bolivia)

^b FERRUM COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Cutting cycle; Permanent plot; Sustained timber yield; Tree diameter growth; Tropical forest management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; CUTTING; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CURRENT CUTTING CYCLE; ECOREGIONS; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; TROPICAL FORESTS;

TIMBER;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; GROWTH; HARVESTING; SILVICULTURE; SIMULATION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21444455204     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.04.019     Document Type: Article

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