Regeneration of commercial tree species in a logged forest in the Selva Maya, Mexico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2481-2489

  Toledo Aceves, Tarin ^a   Purata Velarde, Silvia ^b   Peters, Charles M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b People and Plants International   (United States)

^c NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Community forestry; Logging impact; Sapling; Seedling; Tropical forest management

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; LOGGING IMPACT; SAPLING; SEEDLING; TROPICAL FOREST MANAGEMENT;

HARVESTING; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; LANDING; ROADS AND STREETS; TIMBER; TROPICS;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

ABUNDANCE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; DISTURBANCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); MIXED FARMING; PATCH SIZE; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SAMPLING; SAPLING; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TROPICAL FOREST;

FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; ROADS; SAPLINGS; SEEDLINGS;

MAYA FOREST; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; QUINTANA ROO;

SIMAROUBA GLAUCA; SIMAROUBACEAE; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 70349753458     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.033     Document Type: Article

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