Impacts of herbicide application and mechanical cleanings on growth and mortality of two timber species in Saccharum spontaneum grasslands of the Panama Canal Watershed

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 751-761

  Craven, Dylan ^a   Hall, Jefferson ^a   Verjans, Jean Marc ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b Eco Forest SA   (Panama)

Author keywords

Invasive grass species; Panama; Reforestation; Tectona grandis; Terminalia amazonia

Indexed keywords

GRASS; GROWTH; HERBICIDE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MECHANICAL CONTROL; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; REFORESTATION; TIMBER;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA CANAL;

SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM; TECTONA GRANDIS; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA AMAZONIA;

EID: 77958564526     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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