Flowering phenology and its implications for management of big-leaf mahogany Swietenia macrophylla in Brazilian Amazonia

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2293-2305

  Grogan, James ^a,b   Loveless, Marilyn D ^c  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Instituto Floresta Tropical IFT   (Brazil)

^c The College of Wooster   (United States)

Author keywords

Logging impacts; Meliaceae; Population genetic structure; Reproductive phenology; Sustainable forest management; Synchronous flowering; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORRELATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOWERING; LOGGING (TIMBER); NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREE; TROPICAL REGION;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOWER; FORESTRY; LOGGING IMPACTS; MELIACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY; SEASON; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; SYNCHRONOUS FLOWERING; TROPICAL TREES;

LOGGING IMPACTS; MELIACEAE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE PHENOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; SYNCHRONOUS FLOWERING; TROPICAL TREES;

BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FLOWERS; FORESTRY; MELIACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 84887335071     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1300087     Document Type: Article

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