. The Caribbean forester. Forests and forestry Caribbean Area Periodicals; Forests and forestry Tropics Periodicals. 68 Caribbean Forester destroyed 59 percent of the trees in 2000 acres of mangrove in 1956. At age 9, the original strip contains 3,100 trees per acre with a mean of 2,6 inches and a maximum of 5 inches, a canopy height of 35 feet, and a basal area of 115 square feet per acre. About 70 percent of the trees are white mangrove, the rest is black. As the new stand developed concern was felt that it would be primarily coppice and of poor form (See Figure 6). The rapid early gr
. The Caribbean forester. Forests and forestry Caribbean Area Periodicals; Forests and forestry Tropics Periodicals. 68 Caribbean Forester destroyed 59 percent of the trees in 2000 acres of mangrove in 1956. At age 9, the original strip contains 3,100 trees per acre with a mean of 2,6 inches and a maximum of 5 inches, a canopy height of 35 feet, and a basal area of 115 square feet per acre. About 70 percent of the trees are white mangrove, the rest is black. As the new stand developed concern was felt that it would be primarily coppice and of poor form (See Figure 6). The rapid early growth of sprouts was evident generally, and in the 9-year-old stand 43 percent of all trees (60 percent of all of white mangrove) are of sprout origin. However, measurements of a few trees, beginning at age 3, indicate that the sprouts no longer are outgrowing in di- ameter the straighter seedlings (See Figure 7). In the period 1954-57 the seedlings outgrew the sprouts by about 30%. Since then the relationship is apparently even more favorable to the seedlings. However, the data collected have not been adequate to determine whether this difference is statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS The scope of these studies was such that they lead to definite conclusions regarding the behavior only of individual trees of white man- grove. A number of indications are also ap- parent concerning stand behavior, but replica- tion was inadequate to establish these con- clusively. The findings are assumed to be limited in applicability by environmental and stand conditions which are not fully under- stood. Although the sites selected for study appeared to be typical of large local areas of white mangrove forest, it is possible that rates of sedimentation, water levels, and sa- linity at these sites may prove to be less re- presentative than they appear. Both the con- clusions reached and indications apparent in these studies are described, the latter being Please note that these im
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