Mixed potential for sustainable forest use in the tidal floodplain of the Amazon River

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 231, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 78-85

  Fortini, L B ^a   Rabelo, F G ^b   Zarin, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Instituto Matoense Municipal de Ensino Superior   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon estuary; Floodplain forests; Forest heterogeneity; Forest management

Indexed keywords

LATEXES; RIVERS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; TIMBER;

AMAZON ESTUARY; FLOODPLAIN FORESTS; FOREST HETEROGENEITY; FOREST USE;

FORESTRY;

FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEITY; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT;

BASAL AREA; FORESTRY; LATEX; RIVERS;

AMAZON ESTUARY; AMAZON RIVER; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33746024664     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.04.038     Document Type: Article

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