Viability of combined timber and non-timber harvests for one species: A Carapa guianensis case study

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 246, Issue C, 2012, Pages 147-156

  Klimas, Christie A ^a,b   Cropper, Wendell P ^a   Kainer, Karen A ^a   de Oliveira Wadt, Lúcia H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMBRAPA ACRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Matrix models; Multiple use; Population growth rate; Quasi extinction; Stochastic environmental conditions; Sustainable use; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

AMAZON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MATRIX MODEL; MULTIPLE USE; POPULATION GROWTH RATES; QUASI-EXTINCTION; SUSTAINABLE USE; TROPICAL FOREST;

CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; RESEARCH; STOCHASTIC MODELS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DICOTYLEDON; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOCHASTICITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

CARAPA; FORESTS; HARDINESS; HARVESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESEARCH; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CARAPA; CARAPA GUIANENSIS;

EID: 84865538505     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.07.022     Document Type: Article

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