Enrichment planting as a silvicultural option in the eastern Amazon: Case study of Fazenda Cauaxi

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1950-1959

  Keefe, K ^a,b   Schulze, M D ^a,b   Pinheiro, C ^b   Zweede, J C ^b   Zarin, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Instituto Floresta Tropical IFT   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ceiba pentandra; Enrichment planting; Forest management; Lianas; Parkia gigantocarpa; Schizolobium amazonicum; Swietenia macrophylla; Tabebuia serratifolia; Timber; Tropical

Indexed keywords

CEIBA PENTANDRA; ENRICHMENT PLANTING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIANAS; PARKIA GIGANTOCARPA; SCHIZOLOBIUM AMAZONICUM; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA; TABEBUIA SERRATIFOLIA; TROPICAL;

TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

DICOTYLEDON; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LEGUME; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANTATION; SILVICULTURE; VINE;

CEIBA; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PARKIA; PLANTING; SCHIZOLOBIUM; SWIETENIA; TABEBUIA; TROPICAL ATMOSPHERES;

BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; PARAGOMINAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

CEIBA PENTANDRA; SCHIZOLOBIUM AMAZONICUM; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA SERRATIFOLIA;

EID: 70349092651     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.037     Document Type: Article

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