Sustainable harvesting of coco de mer, Lodoicea maldivica, in the Vallée de Mai, Seychelles

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2224-2231

  Rist, Lucy ^a   Kaiser Bunbury, Christopher N ^b   Fleischer Dogley, Frauke ^c   Edwards, Peter ^b   Bunbury, Nancy ^c   Ghazoul, Jaboury ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SEYCHELLES ISLANDS FOUNDATION   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean; Kernel; Management; Matrix population model; NTFP; Palm; Sustainable harvesting

Indexed keywords

INDIAN OCEAN; KERNEL; MATRIX POPULATION MODEL; NTFP; PALM; SUSTAINABLE HARVESTING;

HARVESTING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; NETWORK SECURITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVERGREEN TREE; HARVESTING; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEED; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

INDIAN OCEAN; SEYCHELLES;

LODOICEA MALDIVICA;

EID: 78049312735     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.032     Document Type: Article

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