The stock recovery rate in a Central African rain forest: An index of sustainability based on projection matrix models

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2138-2152

  Picard, Nicolas ^a   Banak, Ludovic Ngok ^b   Namkosserena, Salomon ^c   Yalibanda, Yves ^d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale IRET   (Gabon)

^c Institut Centrafricain de la Recherche Agronomique (ICRA)   (Central African Republic)

^d Ministère des eaux forêts chasse et peche charge de l'environnement MEFCPE   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC RATE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONGO BASINS; LESLIE MATRIX MODEL; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MATHEMATICAL PROPERTIES; MATRIX MODEL; NATURAL FORESTS; PROJECTION MATRIX MODEL; RAIN FORESTS; RECOVERY RATE;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

RECOVERY;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

AFRICA; CONGO BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70449848356     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-103     Document Type: Article

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