PUBLICATIONS
Mahogany-related scientific articles, book chapters, booklets, and technical documents published by members of our research team are listed below. Most are based on field data from the Marajoara field site. PDFs of all documents are available upon request from James Grogan (jgrogan@crocker.com).
- André T, Lemes MR, Grogan J & Gribel R (2008) Post-logging loss of genetic diversity in a mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) population in Brazilian Amazonia. Forest Ecology & Management 255: 340-345.
- Cornelius J, Wightman K, Grogan J & Ward S (2004) Swietenia (American mahogany). In: Burley J (ed.), Elsevier Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences, pp. 1720-1726. Elsevier Science Publishers BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Grogan J, Peña-Claros M & Günter S (in press) Managing natural populations of big-leaf mahogany. In: Günter S, Stimm B, Weber M, Mosandl R (eds.), Silviculture in the Tropics. Institute of Silviculture, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
- Grogan J (2002) Some simple management guidelines could help the sustainable management of bigleaf mahogany in the neotropics. Tropical Forest Update, ITTO Newsletter 12(4): 22-23.
- Grogan J, Barreto P & Veríssimo A (2002) Mahogany in the Brazilian Amazon: Ecology and Perspectives on Management. IMAZON, Belém, PA, Brazil. 58 pp.
- Grogan J, Ashton MS & Galvão J (2003) Big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) seedling survival and growth across a topographic gradient in southeast Pará, Brazil. Forest Ecology and Management 186: 311-326.
- Grogan J, Galvão J, Simões L & Veríssimo A (2003) Regeneration of big-leaf mahogany in closed and logged forests of southeastern Pará, Brazil. In: Lugo A, Figueroa Colón JC & Alayón M (eds.), Big-Leaf Mahogany: Genetics, Ecology, and Management, pp. 193-208. Springer-Verlag: New York, NY, USA.
- Grogan J (2005) Mogno (Swietenia macrophylla, Meliaceae). In: Shanley P & Medina G (eds.), Frutiferas e Plantas Úteis na Vida Amazônica, pp. 115-122. Mulheres da Mata/Imazon: Belém, Pará, Brazil.
- Grogan J & Barreto P (2005) Big-leaf mahogany on CITES Appendix II: big challenge, big opportunity. Conservation Biology 19: 973-976.
- Grogan J, Landis RM, Ashton MS & Galvão J (2005) Growth response by big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) advance seedling regeneration to overhead canopy release in southeast Pará, Brazil. Forest Ecology and Management 204: 399-412.
- Grogan J, Vidal E & Schulze M (2005) Apoio científico para os padrões de manejo de madeira na floresta amazônica – a questão da sustentabilidade. Ciência & Ambiente 32: 103-117.
- Grogan J & Galvão J (2006) Factors limiting post-logging seedling regeneration by big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in southeastern Amazonia, Brazil, and implications for sustainable management. Biotropica 38: 219-228.
- Grogan J & Galvão J (2006) Physiographic and floristic gradients across topography in transitional seasonally dry evergreen forests of southeastern Amazonia, Brazil. Acta Amazonica 36: 483-496.
- Grogan J & Schulze M (2008) Estimating the number of trees and forest area necessary to supply internationally traded volumes of big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in Amazonia. Environmental Conservation 35: 26-35.
- Grogan J, Jennings SB, Landis RM, Schulze M, Baima AMV, Lopes JCA, Norghauer JM, Oliveira LR, Pantoja F, Pinto D, Silva JNM, Vidal E & Zimmerman BL (2008) What loggers leave behind: impacts on big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) commercial populations and potential for post-logging recovery in the Brazilian Amazon. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 269-281.
- Grogan J & Landis RM (2009) Growth history and crown vine coverage are principal factors influencing growth and mortality rates of big-leaf mahogany Swietenia macrophylla in Brazil. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 1283-1291.
- Grogan J, Blundell AG, Landis RM, Youatt A, Gullison RE, Martinez M, Kometter RF, Lentini M & Rice RE (2010) Over-harvesting driven by consumer demand leads to population decline: big-leaf mahogany in South America. Conservation Letters 3: 12-20.
- Grogan J, Schulze M & Galvão J (2010) Survival, growth and reproduction by big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) in open clearing vs. forested conditions in Brazil. New Forests 40: 335-347.
- Kelty MJ, Cámara-Cabrales L & Grogan J (in press) Red oak in southern New England and big-leaf mahogany in the Yucatan Peninsula: can mixed-species forests be sustainably managed for single-species production? Journal of Sustainable Forestry.
- Lemes MR, Grattapaglia D, Grogan J, Proctor J & Gribel R (2007) Flexible mating system in a logged population of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King, Meliaceae): implications for the management of a threatened neotropical tree species. Plant Ecology 192: 169-180.
- Norghauer JM, Nock C & Grogan J (in press) The importance of tree size and fecundity for seed dispersal of a threatened Neotropical timber tree, big-leaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla). PLoS ONE Biology.
- Norghauer JM, Grogan J, Malcolm JR & Felfili JM (2010) Long-distance seed dispersal helps big-leaf mahogany seedlings escape defoliation by a specialist caterpillar. Oecologia 162: 405-412.
- Schulze M, Grogan J, Landis RM & Vidal E (2008) How rare is too rare to harvest? Management challenges posed by low-density timber species in the Brazilian Amazon. Forest Ecology and Management 256: 1443-1457.
- Schulze M, Vidal E, Grogan J, Zweede J & Zarin D (2005) Madeiras nobres em perigo: práticas e leis atuais de manejo florestal não garantem a exploração sustentável. Ciência Hoje 214: 66-69.
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