Remnant Trees in Enrichment Planted Gaps in Quintana Roo, Mexico: Reasons for Retention and Effects on Seedlings

Remnant Trees in Enrichment Planted Gaps in Quintana Roo, Mexico: Reasons for Retention and Effects on Seedlings

Natural forest management in the tropics is often impeded by scarcity of advanced regeneration of commercial species. To supplement natural regeneration in a forest managed by a community in the Selva Maya of Mexico, nursery-grown Swietenia macrophylla seedlings were planted in multiple-tree felling...

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Main Authors: Angélica Navarro-Martínez, Sebastian Palmas, Edward A. Ellis, Pascual Blanco-Reyes, Carolina Vargas-Godínez, Ana Cecilia Iuit-Jiménez, Irving Uriel Hernández-Gómez, Peter Ellis, Alfredo Álvarez-Ugalde, Yavé Guadalupe Carrera-Quirino, Samaria Armenta-Montero, Francis E. Putz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-07-01
Series:Forests
Subjects:
community-based forest management
tropical forestry
gap planting
remnant trees
sustainable forest management
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/8/8/272

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