Sustainability of a non-timber forest product: Effects of alternative leaf harvest practices over 6 years on yield and demography of the palm Chamaedorea radicalis

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 181-191

  Endress, Bryan A ^a   Gorchov, David L ^b   Berry, Eric J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Demography; El Cielo Biosphere Reserve; Mexico; NTFP; Population dynamics; Sustainable harvest; Xate

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING;

ARECACEAE; DEMOGRAPHY; EL CIELO BIOSPHERE RESERVE; NTFP; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABLE HARVEST; XATE;

TIMBER;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EVERGREEN TREE; EXPLOITATION; HARVESTING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; POPULATION GROWTH; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; UNDERSTORY; YIELD;

ECOLOGY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; MEXICO;

ARECACEAE; CHAMAEDOREA; CHAMAEDOREA RADICALIS;

EID: 33748776837     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.07.020     Document Type: Article

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