Abstract The hydrological effects and functions of tropical rain forests are reviewed . On this basis it is shown how these functions may be affected or altered by forest management , including logging , silvicultural treatments ...

of Central America are so dynamic as compared to other tropical wet forests , and whether the same factors that underlie the natural dynamism also contribute to high mortality in the first years following the application of ...

Source and characteristics of the natural regeneration in a humid tropical rain forest after clear - cutting . Research report 100. Cartón de Colombia , Cali . 26 p . LADRACH , W.E .; WRIGHT , J.A. 1995. Natural regeneration in a ...

THE TROPICAL RAIN FOREST : Silvicultural aspects 3.1 Introduction " The vast climatic and soil variations within the tropics produce an extraordinary diversity of forest types , differing in composition , structure and commercial value ...

Preliminary studies of the nitrogen budget of a tropical rain forest . In : Odum ( ed ) : A Tropical RainFor est . pp H211 - H216 U.S. Atomic Energy Comm . , Washington , D.C. EWELL , J. J. 1968. Dynamics of litter accumulation under ...

Litterfall in montane rain forests of Jamaica and its relation to climate . Journal of Ecology 68 : 833-848 . 1981. The decomposition of leaf litter in Jamaican montane rain forests . Journal of Ecology 69 : 263-275 . KAPOS , V. 1982.

Alder , D. , Synnott , T.J. , 1992. Permanent sample plot techniques for mixed tropical forest . Oxford Forestry Institute , Oxford , UK . Baur , G.N. , 1968. The ecological basis of rain forest management . Forestry ...

Tropical Forest Plant Ecophysiology . Pp . 619-658 . Chapman and Hall , New York 1996 . Brown , N .: The implications of climate and gap microclimate for seedling growth conditions in a Bornean lowland rain forest . - J. trop . Ecol .

Resumen : More and more tropical secondary rain forests are becoming common . Not only in their extent , but also in the attention they receive from scientists . However , little knowledge is available on the management of these forests ...