Tree bark as a non-timber forest product: The effect of bark collection on population structure and dynamics of Garcinia lucida Vesque

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 240, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Guedje, Nicole Marie ^a,b   Zuidema, Pieter A ^c   During, Heinjo ^c   Foahom, Bernard ^a   Lejoly, Jean ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Impact of bark harvesting; Matrix models; Non timber forest products; Resource availability

Indexed keywords

BARK STRIPPING; HARVESTING; TIMBER; WINE;

BARK HARVESTING; MATRIX MODELS; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

FORESTRY;

BARK; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STAND STRUCTURE; UNDERSTORY;

BARK; CAMEROON; FORESTS; HARVESTING;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

GARCINIA;

EID: 33846916440     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.029     Document Type: Review

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