Silviculture enhances the recovery of overexploited mahogany Swietenia macrophylla
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Published source details
Verwer C., Peña‐Claros M., , Ohlson-Kiehn K. & Sterck F.J. (2008) Silviculture enhances the recovery of overexploited mahogany Swietenia macrophylla. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 1770-1799.
Published source details Verwer C., Peña‐Claros M., , Ohlson-Kiehn K. & Sterck F.J. (2008) Silviculture enhances the recovery of overexploited mahogany Swietenia macrophylla. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 1770-1799.
Summary
Big-leaf mahogany Swietenia macrophylla, due to exploitation for its timber, has undergone a dramatic decrease in its native South American range. This Bolivian study evaluated whether recovery of over-exploited mahogany populations may be enhanced by managing the species and surrounding forest; four different interventions varying in logging and silvicultural treatment intensities were assessed.
Data were gathered over 4-years in 12, 27-ha plots of the Long Term Silvicultural Research Program in the Agroindustria Forestal La Chonta forestry concession (15°47′S, 62°55′W). Plots received one of four treatments:
Treatments represented a gradient in logging intensity and silvicultural treatments, resulting in a gradual increase in the area disturbed by logging activities and light levels as treatment application progressed.
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