Incorporating persistent tree growth differences increases estimates of tropical timber yield

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 302-306

  Brienen, Roel J W ^a,b,c   Zuidema, Pieter A ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Programa Manejo de Bosques de la Amazonia Boliviano (PROMAB)   (Bolivia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LOGGING (TIMBER); SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TREE RING; TROPICAL FOREST; YIELD RESPONSE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547622673     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2007)5[302:RCPTGD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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