Tree plantations on farms: Evaluating growth and potential for success

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1675-1683

  Hall, Jefferson S ^a   Love, Brian E ^a,b   Garen, Eva J ^c   Slusser, Jacob L ^d   Saltonstall, Kristin ^a   Mathias, Shane ^d   van Breugel, Michiel ^a   Ibarra, Diogenes ^a   Bork, Edward W ^b   Spaner, Dean ^b   Wishnie, Mark H ^a   Ashton, Mark S ^d  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d United States Peace Corps   (Panama)

Author keywords

Farmer; Native trees; Panama; Restoration; Species selection trials; Timber

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE P; FARM SITES; FARMER; GROWTH DATA; GROWTH VARIABLES; LOCAL SITE CONDITION; MORTALITY RATE; NATIVE SPECIES; NATIVE TREES; PANAMA; PROJECT ACTIVITIES; SLOW GROWTH RATES; SOIL FERTILITY; SPECIES SELECTION; SPECIES SELECTION TRIALS; SPECIFIC SITES; TREE PLANTATIONS; TREE PLANTINGS; TREE SPECIES;

FARMS; FERTILIZERS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; REVEGETATION; SITE SELECTION; TIMBER;

ECOLOGY;

EVERGREEN FOREST; GROWTH RATE; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RURAL AREA; SOIL FERTILITY; SURVIVORSHIP; TIMBER;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

CEDRELA; CEDRELA ODORATA; PACHIRA QUINATA; SAMANEA SAMAN; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA ROSEA;

EID: 79954580847     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.042     Document Type: Article

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