Growth and population structure of timber species in Peruvian Amazon flood plains

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 215, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 196-211

  Nebel, Gustav ^a   Meilby, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Competition index; Peru; Selection logging; Single tree model; Tree diameter growth; Tree seedling mortality; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COMPETITION INDEX; SELECTION LOGGING; SINGLE-TREE MODEL; TREE DIAMETER GROWTH; TREE SEEDLING MORTALITY; TROPICAL FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FLOODPLAIN; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SELECTIVE LOGGING;

BIODIVERSITY; DATA PROCESSING; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; UCAYALI RIVER; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GUAREA MACROPHYLLA; GUATTERIA; HURA CREPITANS; MAQUIRA CORIACEA; MINQUARTIA GUIANENSIS; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA OBLONGA; VIROLA; VIROLA ELONGATA;

EID: 24944527757     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.017     Document Type: Article

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