Planting mahogany in canopy gaps created by commercial harvesting

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 300-307

  Lopes, J do C A ^a   Jennings, S B ^b   Matni, N M ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b Oxfam GB ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Nordisk Timber Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; Canopy gaps; Height growth; Hypsipyla; Silviculture; Swietenia macrophylla

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

CANOPY GAPS; HEIGHT GROWTH; HYPSIPYLA;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY GAP; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; STAND STRUCTURE;

KHAYA; SILVICULTURE;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

HYPSIPYLA; SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 38949118991     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.09.051     Document Type: Article

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