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Research & Development
Publications - Forest Production for Tropical America

 by Frank H. Wadsworth

Hard copies are available for this publication.
Please e-mail: greyes@fs.fed.us

Ms. Gisel Reyes
IITF Library
P.O. Box 25000
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico 00928
Telephone: (787) 766-5335

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Cover and Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - The American Tropic, A forest Region
Chapter 2 - The Environment for Forest Production
Chapter 3 - Primary Forests and Their Productivity
Chapter 4 - Secondary Forests and Their Culture
Chapter 5 - Forest Plantations: Policies and Progress
Chapter 6 - Tree Propagation and Planting
Chapter 7 - Plantation Culture
Chapter 8 - Agroforestry
Chapter 9 - Forestry Research
Chapter 10 - Implementation
Appendix A. Regional Weather Features
Appendix B. Climatic Classifications
Appendix C. Past Development of Forests
Appendix D. Classifications of Forest
Appendix E. Chronological Development of Forest Refinement
Appendix F. Selecting Tropical Tree Species for Planting
Appendix G. Conifers for the Tropics
Appendix H. A Chronology of Tropical Forest Planting
Appendix I. Examples of Rotation Selection
Appendix J. Selected Results of Thinning
Appendix K. Publications of Plantation Pests and Diseases
Appendix L. Tree Species Appropriate for Agroforestry
Appendix M. Silvical Information of Importance
Bibliography
Index to Bibliography by Country
Index to Bibliography by Genus
Index to Bibliography by
Subject

Index to Color Photographs

 

Index to Color Photographs

Chapter 1:
Figure 1.6

Chapter 2:
Figure 2.1
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Chapter 3:
Figure 3.1
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Figure 3.5

Chapter 4:
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Chapter 5:
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Figure 5.5

Chapter 6:
Figure 6.1
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Chapter 7:
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Figure 7.7

Chapter 8:
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Figure 8.5

Chapter 9:
Figure 9.1
Figure 9.3
Figure 9.6

       

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