Beyond reduced-impact logging: Silvicultural treatments to increase growth rates of tropical trees

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1458-1467

  Pena Claros M ^a,b   Fredericksen, T S ^c   Alarcon A ^a   Blate, G M ^a,d   Choque, U ^a   Leano C ^a   Licona, J C ^a   Mostacedo, B ^a   Pariona, W ^a   Villegas, Z ^a   Putz, F E ^d  

^a Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FERRUM COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Reduced impact logging; Silvicultural treatments; Sustainable forest management; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); TIMBER;

BOLIVIA; CROP TREES; GROWTH RATES; LOW-INTENSITY; REDUCED-IMPACT LOGGING; SILVICULTURAL TREATMENTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TIMBER SPECIES; TIMBER VOLUME; TREE GROWTH; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL FORESTS; TROPICAL TREES;

FORESTRY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); SHADE TOLERANCE; SILVICULTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; BOLIVIA; CUTTING; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GIRDLING; GROWTH; HARVESTING; LOGGING; SILVICULTURE;

EID: 49749094812     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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