Shifting cultivation effects on Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) regeneration

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 28-35

  Cotta, Jamie N ^a   Kainer, Karen A ^a   Wadt, Lúcia H O ^b   Staudhammer, Christina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA ACRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Fallow; Light; Non timber forest product; Secondary forest; Seedling

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SEEDLING RECRUITMENT;

SEED;

CULTIVATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FALLOW; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CULTIVATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SEEDS;

ACRE [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA;

EID: 44749094909     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.03.026     Document Type: Article

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