International Institute of Tropical Forestry

Title:  A twelve-year comparison of stand changes in a mahogany plantation and a paired natural forest of similar ages.

Author: Fu, S.; Rodríguez Pedraza, C., and Lugo, A. E.

Date: 1996

Source: Biotropica. ; 28(4a):515-524.

Description: we compared forest structure over a 12 yr period. 1982-1994 that include measurements before and after a servere hurricaine in two forests: a 64 yr old swietenia macrophylla tree plantantion and a paired natural forest of similar age in a subtropical wet forests

Keywords: disturbance; Hurricane hugo; mahogany; secondary forest; tree mortality; tropical forest; tropical tree plantation

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Fu, S.; Rodríguez Pedraza, C., and Lugo, A. E.  1996.   A twelve-year comparison of stand changes in a mahogany plantation and a paired natural forest of similar ages. .   Biotropica. ; 28(4a):515-524..