Title:	Liana loads in Brazil nut trees in the western Brazilian Amazon.
Authors:	KAINER, K. A. WADT, L. H. de O. GOMES-SILVA, D. A. P. CAPANU, M.
Affiliation:	KAREN A. KAINER, University of Florida LUCIA HELENA DE OLIVEIRA WADT, CPAF-AC DAISY A. P. GOMES-SILVA, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientí?co e Tecnológico (CNPq) MARINELA CAPANU, University of Florida.
Date Issued:	2005
Citation:	In: WORKING FOREST IN THE TROPICS: policy and market impacts ou conservation and management, 2005, Gainesville, Florida. Abstract book and program. Gainesville: University of Florida, 2005.
Pages:	p. 112.
Description:	Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.) is a long-lived emergent, distributed throughout much of the Amazon?s terra firme forests, and lianas that climb this forest dominant are in a superior position for accessing light. However, traditional ecological knowledge expressed by local extractivists asserts that lianas negatively impact Brazil nut yield. We investigated Brazil nut-liana relations in a 420 ha forest located in Extractive Reserve Chico Mendes in the Western Brazilian Amazon. Our objectives were twofold: (1) To determine the relationship between Brazil nut crown vine loads and vine origin, number, and basal area; and (2) To determine the relationship between vine loads and Brazil nut tree fruit and nut yield, diameter growth, and crown form, position and area.
Thesagro:	Castanha do Para Bertholletia Excelsa Erva Daninha Produtividade Proteção Ambiental
NAL Thesaurus:	Conservation areas Brazil nuts Lianas Crop yield
Keywords:	Castanha do brasil Cipó Nuez del Brasil Rendimiento de los cultivos Áreas de conservación RESEX Chico Mendes (AC) Acre Amazonia Occidental Western Amazon Amazônia Ocidental
Type of Material:	Resumo em anais e proceedings
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Resumo em anais de congresso (CPAF-AC)