Growth, production and carbon sequestration of silvopastoral systems with native timber species in the dry lowlands of Costa Rica

Species and site selection for timber pr

Species and site selection for timber production on farm boundaries in the humid Atlantic Lowlands of Costa Rica and Panama

✍ G. B. Kapp; J. Beer; R. Lujan 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 879 KB

In 1987-89 the CATIE-GTZ Agroforestry Project set up experiments with five timber tree species planted in single lines on twelve farm boundaries in cooperation with local farmers. When the trees were five years old, their height, diameter and total stem volume were: Acacia mangium 17 m, 19 cm and 67