Individual growth, reproduction and population dynamics of Dioon merolae (Zamiaceae) under different leaf harvest histories in Central Chiapas, Mexico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 427-439

  Lázaro Zermeño, Julia M ^a   González Espinosa, Mario ^b   Mendoza, Ana ^c   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^d   Quintana Ascencio, Pedro F ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CIENCIAS Y ARTES DE CHIAPAS   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Demography; Leaf harvesting; Non timber forest products

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; ASYMPTOTIC ESTIMATES; DEFOLIATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; ELASTICITY ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FINITE POPULATION; GERMINANTS; LEAF HARVESTING; ME-XICO; MEAN VALUES; NON-TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS; PLANT SPECIES; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION GROWTH RATES; POPULATION STRUCTURES; PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATION; PROJECTION MATRIX; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; SEED PRODUCTION; SEX RATIOS; SIZE CLASS; STEM GROWTH; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED; TIMBER;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ABNORMALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; LEAF; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; STAKEHOLDER; SURVIVAL;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

DIOON MEROLAE; ZAMIACEAE;

EID: 78651252502     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.10.028     Document Type: Article

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