Selective cutting of woody species in a Mexican tropical dry forest: Incompatibility between use and conservation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 567-579

  Rendón Carmona, Humberto ^a   Martínez Yrízar, Angelina ^a   Balvanera, Patricia ^b   Pérez Salicrup, Diego ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Diversity; Non timber forest products; Resprouting; Selective cutting; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

DIVERSITY; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; RESPROUTING; SELECTIVE CUTTING; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

CONSERVATION;

BIODIVERSITY; DIVERSITY INDEX; DRY FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RESPROUTING; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST; WOODY PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; CURING; FORESTS; PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [MEXICO]; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA];

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 56649105130     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.031     Document Type: Article

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