Publishing of "Bois et forêts des tropiques": n° 314

EDITORIAL

Social silviculture: a new paradigm in the search for sustainable land conservation in the tropics? Ariel E. Lugo

SPECIAL ISSUE

IUFRO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2011

TOWARDS NEW PARADIGMS?

Aboveground biomass, wood volume, nutrient stocks and leaf fall of novel forests compared to native tropical forests and tree plantations in Puerto Rico

E. Lugo, O. A. Martínez, J. Fonseca da Silva

The cohort-empirical modelling strategy and its application to forest management for Tapajós Forest, Pará, Brazilian Amazon

D. Alder, J. N. M. Silva, J. O. P. de Carvalho, J. do Carmo Lopes, A. R. Ruschel

Linking tropical silviculture to sustainable forest management

S. Günter, M. Weber, B. Stimm, R. Mosandl

Current knowledge on overall post-logging biomass dynamics in Northern Amazonian forests

P. Sist, L. Blanc, L. Mazzei, C. Baraloto, R. Aussenac

LiDAR shows that higher forests have more slender trees

G. Vincent, F. Caron, D. Sabatier, L. Blanc 

Would spatial yield models be more relevant for forestry operations in the tropics?

H. Bigsby

RESEARCH NOTE

A growth model for azobé, Lophira alata, in Gabon

N. L. Engone Obiang, A. Ngomanda, L. J. T. White, K. J. Jeffery, É. ChÉzeaux, N. Picard

BOOK REVIEW

Madagascar wood atlas

Rakotovao G., Rabevohitra A. R., Collas De Chatelperron P., Guibal D., Gérard J

The Great Green Wall: capitalization of research and development of local knowledge

Dia A. (Éd. Sc.), Duponnois R. (Éd. Sc.) 

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