Projection of tree growth and timber volume following strip clear-cutting in the Peruvian Amazon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 588-599

  Rondon, Xanic J ^a,b   Gorchov, David L ^a   Noble Jr , Robert B ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Harvest sustainability; Natural forest management

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS; BOOTSTRAPPING; BREAST HEIGHTS; COMMERCIAL TREE SPECIES; CUTTING SYSTEMS; DEMOGRAPHIC DATUMS; DIAMETER INCREMENTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; GROWING CONDITIONS; GROWTH MODELS; HIGH GROWTH RATES; INTENSIVE FOREST MANAGEMENTS; MORTALITY RATES; NATURAL FOREST MANAGEMENT; PIONEER SPECIES; REALISTIC MODELS; ROUNDWOOD; ROUNDWOOD PRODUCTIONS; SECONDARY FORESTS; SUBCANOPY; TIMBER VOLUMES; TREE GROWTHS; TREES GROWING;

TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BOOTSTRAPPING; CLEARCUTTING; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TREE;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

AMAZONAS [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALCHORNEA TRIPLINERVIA; CEDRELINGA; ESCHWEILERA; GUAREA; MICONIA; MICROPHOLIS GUYANENSIS; POUTERIA; QUALEA; QUALEA PARAENSIS;

EID: 56649102084     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.051     Document Type: Article

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