Dynamics of harvested populations of the tropical understory herb Aechmea magdalenae in old-growth versus secondary forests

Biological Conservation

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 461-470

  Ticktin, T ^a   Nantel, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demography; Harvesting; Life table response experiment; Matrix population models; Non timber forest products

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SECONDARY FOREST;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AECHMEA;

EID: 7944222911     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.03.019     Document Type: Article

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