Logging damage during planned and unplanned logging operations in the eastern Amazon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 59-77

  Johns, Jennifer S ^a,c   Barreto, Paulo ^a   Uhl, Christopher ^a,b  

^a Inst do Homem Meio Ambiente da A   (Brazil)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian Amazon; Forest management; Ground skidding; Logging damage; Low impact logging; Mechanized logging; Paragominas; Tropical forestry

Indexed keywords

FELLING; FORESTRY OPERATION; LOGGING;

BRAZIL, PARA STATE, PARAGOMINAS REGION;

EID: 0030301769     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03869-8     Document Type: Article

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