Identifying bias in stand-level growth and yield estimations: A case study in eastern Brazilian Amazonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 236, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 127-135

  Valle, Denis ^a   Schulze, Mark ^a,b,c   Vidal, Edson ^a   Grogan, James ^a,d   Sales, Márcio ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Instituto Floresta Tropical IFT   (Brazil)

^d Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Commercial volume increment; Permanent plots; Sustainable forest management; Yield regulation

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); NATURAL RESOURCES; TIMBER;

COMMERCIAL VOLUME INCREMENTS; PERMANENT PLOTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; YIELD REGULATION;

GROWTH KINETICS;

DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); STAND DYNAMICS; YIELD;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; WOOD PRODUCTS;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751319146     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.08.340     Document Type: Review

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