Seed dispersal of big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) and its role in natural forest management in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

Journal of Tropical Forest Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-245

  Camara Cabrales L ^a   Kelty, M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Community forest; High value Meliaceae; Polycyclic harvest; Seed tree method; Tree seed shadow; Tropical silviculture; Wind dispersal

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FOREST; HIGH VALUE MELIACEAE; POLYCYCLIC HARVEST; TREE SEED SHADOW; TROPICAL SILVICULTURE;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

SEED;

EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; OVERSTORY; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SILVICULTURE; TRADE WIND;

FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SEEDS; TREES; WIND;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUINTANA ROO; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

MELIACEAE; SWIETENIA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 68949145879     PISSN: 01281283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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