Treefall gaps of certified, conventionally managed and natural forests as regeneration sites for Neotropical timber trees in northern Honduras

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2163-2176

  Kukkonen, Mari ^a   Rita, Hannu ^a   Hohnwald, Stefan ^a   Nygren, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Forest certification; Honduras; Logging gap; Natural regeneration; Selective logging; Shade tolerant timber; Treefall gap

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FOREST CERTIFICATION; LOGGING GAP; SHADE TOLERANT TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAP DYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEOTROPICAL REGION; REGENERATION; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER CERTIFICATION; TREEFALL;

CEDRELA; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; REFORESTATION; TREES;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS;

MORTONIODENDRON;

EID: 41949105177     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.030     Document Type: Article

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