Factors limiting post-logging seedling regeneration by big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in southeastern Amazonia, Brazil, and implications for sustainable management

Biotropica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-228

  Grogan, James ^a,b,c   Galvão, Jurandir ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazonia IMAZON   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Dispersal; Fecundity; Forest management; Fungal pathogens; Germination; Mahogany; Predation; Seasonal evergreen forest; Swietenia macrophylla

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; LOGGING (TIMBER); REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 33644964713     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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