Variation in the population dynamics of the palm Sabal yapa in a landscape shaped by shifting cultivation in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-149

  Pulido, María T ^a,c   Valverde, Teresa ^b   Caballero, Javier ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Demography; Forest regeneration cycle; Life table response experiments; Matrix population models; Mayan peoples; Non timber forest products; Perturbation analyses; Slash and burn agriculture; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; EVERGREEN TREE; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LIFE TABLE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SHIFTING CULTIVATION;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

SABAL; SABAL YAPA;

EID: 33847613276     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003877     Document Type: Article

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