ADDITIONAL READING
The following section lists additional reading for interested users. The first few links are online resources for learning more about the NetLogo modeling software. The second few links are papers pertinent to mahogany population ecology and management. PDFs of the papers are available upon request.
NetLogo Resources
- NetLogo Home Page: http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/index.shtml
- NetLogo Download: http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/download.shtml
- NetLogo Online Manual: http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/
- NetLogo Users Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/netlogo-users/
- NetLogo Publications: http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/references.shtml
Other Publications
- Brown N, Jennings S & Clements T (2003) The ecology, silviculture and biogeography of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla): a review of the evidence. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 6: 37-49.
- Cornelius JP (2001) The effectiveness of pruning in mitigating Hypsipyla grandella attack on young mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) trees. Forest Ecology and Management 148: 287-289.
- Cornelius JP, Navarro CM, Wightman KE & Ward SE (2005) Is mahogany dysgenically selected? Environmental Conservation 32: 129-139.
- Gullison RE, Panfil SN, Strouse JJ & Hubbell SP (1996) Ecology and management of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) in the Chimanes Forest, Beni, Bolivia. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 122: 9-34.
- Lopes JCA, Jennings SB & Matni NM (2008) Planting mahogany in canopy gaps created by commercial harvesting. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 300-307.
- Mayhew JE & Newton AC (1998) The Silviculture of Mahogany. CABI Publishing, New York, NY, USA.
- Negreros-Castillo P, Snook LK & Mize CW (2003) Regenerating mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) from seed in Quintana Roo, Mexico: the effects of sowing method and clearing treatment. Forest Ecology and Management 183: 351-362.
- Norghauer JM, Malcolm JR & Zimmerman BL (2008) Canopy cover mediates interactions between a specialist caterpillar and seedlings of a neotropical tree. Journal of Ecology 96: 103-113.
- Schulze M (2008) Technical and financial analysis of enrichment planting in logging gaps as a potential component of forest management in eastern Amazonia. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 866-879.
- Snook LK (1996) Catastrophic disturbance, logging and the ecology of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King): grounds for listing a major tropical timber species in CITES. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 122: 35-46.
- Snook LK & Negreros-Castillo P (2004) Regenerating mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) on clearings in Mexico's Maya forest: the effects of clearing method and cleaning on seedling survival and growth. Forest Ecology and Management 189: 143-160.
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