Damage to Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) during selective timber harvesting in Northern Bolivia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 788-793

  Guariguata, Manuel R ^a   Licona, Juan Carlos ^b   Mostacedo, Bonifacio ^b   Cronkleton, Peter ^a  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Logging damage; Multipurpose forest management; Non timber forest products; Reduced impact logging

Indexed keywords

BOLIVIA; LOGGING DAMAGE; MULTIPURPOSE FOREST MANAGEMENT; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; REDUCED IMPACT LOGGING;

FRUITS; HARVESTING; TIMBER;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

CONTINGENT VALUATION; DAMAGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LEGUME; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BOLIVIA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; FRUITS; HARVESTING; LOGGING;

AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA;

EID: 67649986014     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.022     Document Type: Article

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