Chronic leaf harvesting reduces reproductive success of a tropical dry forest palm in northern Mexico.

Palm leaves represent one of the most important non-timber forest products in tropical and subtropical regions. Brahea aculeata is an endemic palm of northwest Mexico, whose leaves are intensively exploited for roof thatch and handcrafts. As part of a long-term defoliation experiment, we evaluated t...

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Main Authors: Leonel Lopez-Toledo, Angeles Perez-Decelis, Franceli Macedo-Santana, Eduardo Cuevas, Bryan A Endress
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6193635?pdf=render