The cohort-empirical modelling strategy and its application to forest management for Tapajós Forest, Pará, Brazilian Amazon

Bois et Forets des Tropiques

Volumn 66, Issue 314, 2012, Pages 17-23

  Alder, Denis ^a   Silva, José Natalino M ^b   De Carvalho, João Olegário Pereira ^b   Do Carmo Lopes, Jose ^c   Ruschel, Ademir R ^c  

^a Consultant in Forest Biometrics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Forest management; Growth model; Strategy; Tapaj s forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878000705     PISSN: 0006579X     EISSN: 17775760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19182/bft2012.314.a20486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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