Growth and population structure of the tree species Malouetia tamaquarina (Aubl.) (Apocynaceae) in the central Amazonian floodplain forests and their implication for management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-67

  Leoni, Juliana Menegassi ^a   da Fonseca, Sinomar Ferreira ^b   Schöngart, Jochen ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL MAMIRAUÁ   (Brazil)

^b CEUC   (Brazil)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Felling cycle; Growth model; Minimum logging diameter; Silviculture; Tree ring analysis; Tropical floodplain forest

Indexed keywords

FELLING CYCLE; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; GROWTH MODELS; MINIMUM LOGGING DIAMETER; SILVICULTURE; TREE-RING ANALYSIS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); EMPLOYMENT; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); TIMBER;

REFORESTATION;

AGE; DICOTYLEDON; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; LOGGING (TIMBER); NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SILVICULTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; TREE RING; TROPICAL FOREST;

FELLING; FORESTS; GROWTH; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; RINGS; SILVICULTURE; TROPICAL PLANTS;

AMAZONIA;

APOCYNACEAE; MALOUETIA TAMAQUARINA;

EID: 78149466517     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.025     Document Type: Article

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