Population dynamics and management of Amazon tidal floodplain forests: Links to the past, present and future

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 551-561

  Fortini, L B ^a   Zarin, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amaz nia; Estuary; Population ecology; V rzea

Indexed keywords

AMAZON ESTUARY; CURRENT PRACTICES; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST USE; LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT; MATRIX MODEL; POPULATION DENSITIES; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RESOURCE DEPLETION; TIMBER EXTRACTION; TIMBER HARVESTING; TIMBER SPECIES; TIMBER STOCKS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVEYS; TIMBER;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE; LEGUME; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; SUSTAINABILITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING; STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

AMAZON ESTUARY; BRAZIL;

CARAPA GUIANENSIS; LICANIA HETEROMORPHA; VIROLA SURINAMENSIS;

EID: 78651227095     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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