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The Amazon Flood Plain Forest Tree Maquira Coriacea (Karsten) C.C. Berg: Aspects Of Ecology And Management, Gustav Nebel, Jens Dragsted, Thomas R. Simonsen, Jerome K. Vanclay
The Amazon Flood Plain Forest Tree Maquira Coriacea (Karsten) C.C. Berg: Aspects Of Ecology And Management, Gustav Nebel, Jens Dragsted, Thomas R. Simonsen, Jerome K. Vanclay
Professor Jerome K Vanclay
Maquira coriacea is a commercial tree species growing throughout the Amazon flood plain forests. Densities up to 14/ha of individuals, ≥10 cm diameter at breast height (DBH) were observed, corresponding to a basal area of 2 m2/ha and a volume of 38 m3/ha. The primary period of fruiting coincided with the annual flooding, but fruits were also produced in other parts of the year. Seedlings with densities up to 150/m2 were concentrated around mother trees, and the stocks fluctuated much over the year due to mortality caused by flooding and wilting in dry periods. Growth data mainly from nine 1 …
Structure And Floristic Composition Of Flood Plain Forests In The Peruvian Amazon: I. Overstorey, Gustav Nebel, Lars Peter Kvist, Jerome K. Vanclay, Henning Christensen, Luis Freitas, Juan Ruiz
Structure And Floristic Composition Of Flood Plain Forests In The Peruvian Amazon: I. Overstorey, Gustav Nebel, Lars Peter Kvist, Jerome K. Vanclay, Henning Christensen, Luis Freitas, Juan Ruiz
Professor Jerome K Vanclay
Three Peruvian flood plain forests adjacent to the Ucayali river were sampled using nine 1 ha permanent sample plots in which stems exceeding 10 cm DBH were identified and measured. These plots were measured four times during 1993–1997. Three plots were established in each of the three forest types high restinga, low restinga, and tahuampa, characterised in part by an annual inundation of one, two and four months per year, respectively. Stem density varied from 446 to 601 per hectare, and the basal area ranged between 20 and 29 m2/ha. A total of 321 species were recorded in the nine …