Forest regeneration following selective logging operations in a lowland rain forest in Papua New Guinea

Science in New Guinea

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-34

  Saulei, Simon M ^a   Kiapranis, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b Papua New Guinea Forest Research Institute   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LOGGING; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SELECTIVE LOGGING;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA, KAUT TIMBER RIGHTS PURCHASE AREA;

EID: 0030427828     PISSN: 03104303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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