Population structure of Carapa guianensis in two forest types in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-265

  Klimas, Christie A ^a   Kainer, Karen A ^a   Wadt, Lúcia H O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA ACRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Andiroba; Demography; Non timber forest product; Ripley's K; Spatial distribution; Timber

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEED; TIMBER;

CARAPA GUIANENSIS AUBLET; DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE DENSITY;

FORESTRY;

DEMOGRAPHY; DICOTYLEDON; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; SEEDS;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CARAPA GUIANENSIS;

EID: 34548727404     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.05.025     Document Type: Article

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