Implementing multiple forest management in Brazil nut-rich community forests: Effects of logging on natural regeneration and forest disturbance

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 268, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-102

  Soriano, Marlene ^a,b   Kainer, Karen A ^b   Staudhammer, Christina L ^b   Soriano, Eduardo ^c  

^a Instituto Boliviano de Investigacion Forestal Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c El Vallecito   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bertholletia excelsa; Formal logging; Informal logging; Multiple use; Northern Bolivia; Regeneration density

Indexed keywords

AMAZONIA; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; BRAZIL NUT; COMMUNITY FOREST; FOREST DISTURBANCES; LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; LOGGING DISTURBANCE; MANAGEMENT PLANS; MULTIPLE USE; NATURAL REGENERATION; NORTHERN BOLIVIA; POSTHARVEST; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SKID TRAILS; TIMBER HARVESTS; TIMBER PRODUCTION; TIMBER SPECIES;

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; REFORESTATION; TIMBER;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; CONSPECIFIC; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDHOLDING; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; LOGGING (TIMBER); NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; REGENERATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BERTHOLLETIA; BOLIVIA; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; LOGGING; REFORESTATION;

AMAZONIA; BOLIVIA;

AMBURANA CEARENSIS; BERTHOLLETIA EXCELSA; CEDRELA; CEDRELA ODORATA; DIPTERYX ODORATA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 84857033586     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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