Big-Leaf Mahogany

Mahogany: Tree of the Future.- Mahogany: Tree of the Future.- The Tree and Its Genetics.- Genetic Variation in Natural Mahogany Populations in Bolivia.- Twenty Mahogany Provenances Under Different Conditions in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.- Hurricane Damage to Mahogany Crowns Associated with Seed Source.- A New Mesoamerican Collection of Big-Leaf Mahogany.- Ecophysiology and Regeneration.- Photosynthetic Response of Hybrid Mahogany Grown Under Contrasting Light Regimes.- Comparative Analysis of the Nutritional Status of Mahogany Plantations in Puerto Rico.- Growth-, Water-, and Nutrient-Related Plasticity in Hybrid Mahogany Leaf Development Under Contrasting Light Regimes.- Regeneration, Growth, and Sustainability of Mahogany in México's Yucatán Forests.- Regeneration of Big-Leaf Mahogany in Closed and Logged Forests of Southeastern Pará, Brazil.- Effects of Large-Scale Flooding on Regeneration of Big-Leaf Mahogany in the Bolivian Amazon.- Regeneration After Hurricane Disturbance of Big-Leaf and Hybrid Mahogany Plantations in Puerto Rico.- Silviculture.- Silvicultural Systems for Big-Leaf Mahogany Plantations.- Enrichment Planting of Big-Leaf Mahogany and Spanish Cedar in Quintana Roo, México.- Structure and Dynamics of Mahogany Plantations in Puerto Rico.- Mahogany Planting and Research in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.- Fifty-Nine-Year Performance of Planted Big-Leaf Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) in Puerto Rico.- Wood Densities of Mahoganies in Puerto Rican Plantations.- Evaluation of Four Taungya Permanent Big-Leaf Mahogany Plots, Aged 36 to 38 Years, in Belize.- Growth of Small-Leaf Mahogany Crop Trees in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.- Shoot Borer.- Taxonomy, Ecology, and Control of Hypsipyla Shoot Borers of Meliaceae.-Resistance to the Shoot Borer in Mahoganies.- Epilogue.- Recent Literature on Big-Leaf Mahogany.

Big-Leaf Mahogany is the most important commercial timber species of the tropics. This book reports on vital research on the ecology of big -leaf mahogany, including genetic variations, regeneration, natural distribution patterns and the silvicutural and trade implications for the tree.