Forest structure and floristic composition of the tropical rain forests of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica
This study was carried out in April 1997, in the region of Bri-bri, the principal town in the Talamanca region in SE Costa Rica. This region now has around 60 percent forest cover, with Pentaclethra macroloba (gavilan) as the dominant tree species. The study compared the structure and floristic composition of 2 forests (B1 and B2) disturbed by humans; B1 was the most disturbed forest. The horizontal and vertical structures of each forest were determined using a sampling intensity of 3 percent and including all trees with more than or equal to 10 cm dbh (diameter at breast height) in 0.1 ha plots. In both forest, the Fabaceae was the most important family, having the highest dominance and density values. Pentaclethra macroloba was the dominant tree species (12.75
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1998
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| Subjects: | AGRICULTURA, SOTOBOSQUE, COMPOSICION BOTANICA, SINECOLOGIA, CARACTERISTICAS DEL RODAL, COSTA RICA, |
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