Effect of leaf harvest on wax palm (Ceroxylon echinulatum Galeano) growth, and implications for sustainable management in Ecuador.

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dc.careerCiencias Biológicases
dc.category.authorprincipalen_US
dc.contributor.authorMontúfar Galárraga, Rommel Joselo
dc.contributor.correspondingDuarte, Nina
dc.countryEcuadores
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-04T21:37:41Z
dc.date.available2023-11-04T21:37:41Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.dedication.authorTCes
dc.description.abstractThe wax palm (Ceroxylon echinulatum) is an arborescent, dioecious and slow-growing palm distributed on Andean slopes at 1000-2000 m elevation in Ecuador and northern Peru. The leaves of wax palm have been traditionally harvested and used for the making of handicrafts during Easter celebrations. It has been suggested that removal of unexpanded leaves may be the main source of threat to the survival of the species. The goal of this work was to evaluate the impact of leaf removal on growth and development of C. echinulatum. Leaf production and growth were monitored in 60 young individuals divided into three treatments: T0 - control, T1- without damage to adjacent leaves; T2- with damage to adjacent leaves. Results from two years of observation reveal that leaf growth rate and the number of new leaves produced per individual are not adversely affected by this practice. Harvest treatments were equal or even higher than the control for both variables. Balance of leaf number in the crown (before and after the extraction) was negative in the harvest treatments, indicating a factor of unsustainability in the annual harvest management of the species. The results suggest that biennial harvesting of one young leaf per individual could be sustainable. An appropriate management strategy could be to distinguish young individual populations by marking palms with nine or more leaves in the crown in different quadrants of extraction, in order to perform rotational, biennial and monitored cropping.en_US
dc.facultyCiencias Exactas y Naturaleses
dc.id.author1711964690
dc.id.type1
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/194008291200500308
dc.identifier.issn1940-0829
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/123456789/5622
dc.identifier.urihttp://trc.sagepub.com/content/5/3/340.full.pdf+html
dc.indexed.databaseOtheres
dc.language.isoen
dc.list.authorsDuarte, N., Montúfar, R.
dc.magazine.pageRange340-351
dc.magazine.titleTropical Conservation Scienceen_US
dc.magazine.volumeChapter5
dc.rightsClosedAccessen
dc.statepublisheden_US
dc.subjectArecaceaees
dc.subjectCloud forestes
dc.subjectLeaf harvestes
dc.subjectNon-timber forest productses
dc.subjectArecaceae
dc.subjectCloud forest
dc.subjectLeaf harvest
dc.subjectNon-timber forest products
dc.titleEffect of leaf harvest on wax palm (Ceroxylon echinulatum Galeano) growth, and implications for sustainable management in Ecuador.en_US
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