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Big-Leaf Mahogany - Genetics, Ecology and Management
Edited by Lugo, Ariel E.; Figueroa Colón, Julio C.; Alayón, Mildred
Springer
2003
Hardcover XVIII, 433 pp, 70 illus ISBN 0387988378
£91.00
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Big-Leaf Mahogany is the most important commercial timber species of the tropics.
Current debate concerning whether to protect it as an endangered species has been hampered
by the lack of complete, definitive scientific documentation. 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.
Contents
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
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