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Forest Ecology and Management 306 (2013) 23–30 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Forest Ecology and Management journal homepage: www.else /loc ate/foreco Growth of wild rattans in Cambodia and Laos: Implications for management Charles M. Peters a,⇑, Bansa Thammavong b, Bounchanh Mekaloun b, Neak Phearoom c, Ou Ratanak c, Thibault Ledecq d a Institute of Economic Botany, The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458, United States b Forestry Science Research Center, National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI), P.O. Box 7174, Vientiane, Lao Democratic People’s Republic c WWF-Cambodia, 21, St. 322, Boeung Keng Kang I, Phnom Penh, Cambodia d WWF-Cambodia, 21, St. 322, Boeung Keng Kang I, P.O. Box 2467, Phnom Penh, Cambodia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: We studied the annual stem growth of six species of wild rattans over a 4-year period in permanent plots Received 4 April 2013 located in Prek Thnot, Cambodia and Ban Sopphouane, Laos. The rattan species studied in Cambodia Received in revised form 29 May 2013 included Calamus palustris, C. tetradactylus, C. viminalis, Myrialepis paradoxa, and Plectocomia pierreana ; Accepted 3 June 2013 C. solitarius was studied in Laos. We collected a total of 1206 growth measurements over the 4-year per- Available online 15 July 2013 iod. There were significant differences in growth between species, with the M. paradoxa and P. pierreana