Big-Leaf Mahogany -

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Résumé :
Big-Leaf Mahogany is the most important commercial timber species of the tropics. This book reports on vital research on the ecology of big -leaf mahogany, including genetic variations, regeneration, natural distribution patterns and the silvicutural and trade implications for the tree....

Sommaire:
Preface: Knowledge--and Conserving Mahogany * Mahogany: Tree of the Future * Genetic Variation in Natural Mahogany Populations in Bolivia * Twenty Mahogany Provenances under Different Conditions in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands * Hurricane Damage to Mahogany Crowns Associated with Seed Source * A New Mesoamerican Collection of Big Leaf Mahogany * Photosynthetic Response of Hybrid Mahogany Grown Under Contrasting Light Regimes * Comparative Analysis of the Nutritional Status of Mahogany Plantations in Puerto Rico * Growth-, Water-, and Nutrient-Related Plasticity in Hybrid Mahogany Leaf Development Under Contrasting Light Regimes * Mahogany Regeneration and Growth in Mexico's Yucatan Forests * Regeneration of Big-Leaf Mahogany in Closed and Logged Forests of Southeastern Para, Brazil * Effects of Large-Scale Flooding on Regeneration of Big-Leaf Mahogany in the Bolivian Amazon * Regeneration After Hurricane Disturbance of Big-Leaf and Hybrid Mahogany Plantations in Puerto Rico * Silvicultural Systems for Big-Leaf Mahogany Plantations * Enrichment Planting of Big-Leaf Mahogany and Spanish Cedar in Quintana Roo, Mexico * Structure and Dynamics of Mahogany Plantations in Puerto Rico * Mahogany Planting and Research in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands * Fifty-nine Year Performance of Planted Big-Leaf Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) in Puerto Rico * Wood Densities of Mahoganies in Puerto Rican Plantations * Evaluation of Four Taungya Permanent Big-Leaf Mahogany Plots, Aged - Years, in Belize * Growth of Small-Leaf Mahogany Crop Trees in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands * Taxonomy, Ecology and Control of Hypsipyla Shoot Borers of Meliaceae * Resistance in Mahoganies to Hypsiplya grandella * Epilogue: Recent Literature on Big-Leaf Mahogany