Management implications of long-term tree growth and mortality rates: A modeling study of big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in the Brazilian Amazon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 330, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-54

  Free, Christopher M ^a   Matthew Landis, R ^b,c   Grogan, James ^d,e   Schulze, Mark D ^e,f,g   Lentini, Marco ^e   Dünisch, Oliver ^h  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ISciences LLC   (United States)

^d MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e IFT Instituto Floresta Tropical   (Brazil)

^f HJ Andrews Experimental Forest   (United States)

^g OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Meisterschule Ebern für das Schreinerhandwerk ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Age size tables; Individual based model; Minimum diameter cutting limit; Sustainable forest management; Sustainable yield; Tropical timber

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAJECTORIES;

AGE-SIZE TABLES; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELING; MINIMUM DIAMETERS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE YIELDS; TROPICAL TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODELING; SILVICULTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; TREE RING;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 84904863581     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.057     Document Type: Article

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