Effects of selective logging on the abundance, regeneration and short-term survival of Caryocar costaricense (Caryocaceae) and Peltogyne purpurea (Caesalpinaceae), two endemic timber species of southern Central America

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 245, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 88-95

  Lobo, Jorge ^a   Barrantes, Gilbert ^a   Castillo, Marvin ^b   Quesada, Ruperto ^b   Maldonado, Tirso ^e   Fuchs, Eric J ^c   Solís, Silvia ^d   Quesada, Mauricio ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Plant biogeography; Plant demography; Rare species; Selective logging; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; REFORESTATION; TIMBER;

CARYOCAR COSTARICENSE; OSA PENINSULA; PELTOGYNE PURPUREA; PLANT BIOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT DEMOGRAPHY; TROPICAL FORESTS;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

ABUNDANCE; DICOTYLEDON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FRAGMENTATION; JUVENILE; RARE SPECIES; REGENERATION; SEEDING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; REFORESTATION; SELECTIVE CUTTING;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; OSA PENINSULA; PUNTARENAS;

CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CARYOCAR COSTARICENSE; OSA; PELTOGYNE;

EID: 34248662098     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.067     Document Type: Article

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