Intraspecific Variation in the Fruiting of an Amazonian Timber Tree: Implications for Management

• Published in: Biotropica Vol. 41; no. 2; pp. 179 - 185
• Main Authors: Fonseca, Marisa Gesteira, Vidal, Edson, Maës dos Santos, Flavio Antonio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.03.2009; Wiley Subscription Services; Wiley
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Brazilian Amazon; Chrysophyllum; Chrysophyllum lucentifolium subsp. pachycarpum; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; Forest ecology; Formicidae; Fruit production; Fruit trees; Fruiting; fruits; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; lianas; Logging; Sapotaceae; Species; Sustainable forest management; Trees; Tropical Biology; Tropical rain forests; Uma; Woody vines; South America; Brazil; Amazon Basin; America; South America, Amazonia; South America, Amazon R; Fruit; Tropical zone; Brazilian Amazon; Chrysophyllum lucentifolium subsp. pachycarpum; Sapotaceae; Climatic zone; fruits; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Liana; Tree; logging; Spermatophyta; Intraspecific comparison; lianas; Fructification

Information concerning the fruit production of timber species is important for the assessment of the effects of logging practices and for the improvement of harvesting techniques. We assessed the effects of stem diameter, crown illumination, and liana load on Chrysophyllum lucentifolium subsp. pachy...