The role of exotic conifer plantations in rehabilitating degraded tropical forest lands: A case study from the Kibale Forest in Uganda

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 215-226

  Fimbel, Robert A ^a   Fimbel, Cheryl C ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cupressus lusitanica; Forest management; Pinus patula; Plantation; Regeneration; Restoration

Indexed keywords

CONIFER PLANTATION; FOREST;

UGANDA, KIBALE FOREST;

ALBIZIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS LUSITANICA; MILLETTIA; PINACEAE;

EID: 0030473227     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(95)03637-7     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Anderson, M., 1987. The effects of forest plantations on some lowland soils. I. A second sampling of nutrient stock. Forestry, 60: 69-86.
2. Brown, S. and Lugo, A.E., 1994. Rehabilitation of tropical lands: a key to sustaining development. Restort. Ecol., 2: 97-111.
3. Cruz, A., 1988. Avian resource use in a Caribbean pine plantation. J. Wildl. Manage., 52: 274-279.
4. Estrada, A. and Fleming, T.H., 1986. Frugivores and seed dispersal. Dr. W. Junk, Boston, MA.
5. Evans, J., 1992. Plantation Forestry in the Tropics, 2nd edn. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
6. Hughes, C.E. and Styles, B.T., 1987. The benefits and potential risks of woody legume introductions. Int. Tree Crops J., 4: 209-247.
7. Jordan, C.F. and Farnworth, E.G., 1982. Natural vs. plantation forests: a case study of land reclamation strategies for the humid tropics. Environ. Manage., 6: 485-492.
8. Jurgensen, M.F., Frederick, D.J., Magwick, H.A.I. and Oliver, G.R., 1986. Soil development under Pinus radiata and Eucalyptus regnans plantations. N. Z. J. For. Sci., 16: 69-77.
9. Kasenene, J.M., 1987. The influence of mechanized selective logging, felling intensity and gap-size on the regeneration of a tropical moist forest in the Kibale Forest Reserve. Ph.D. Thesis, Michigan State University, Ann Arbor, USA.
10. Kingston, B., 1967. Working plan for Kibale and Itwara Central Forest Reserves. Forestry Department, Entebbe, Uganda.
11. Lieth, H. and Lohmann, M., 1993. Restoration of Tropical Forest Ecosystems. Kluwer, London.
12. Lugo, A.E., 1992a. Tree plantations for rehabilitating damaged forest lands in the tropics. In: M.K. Wali (Editor), Environmental Rehabilitation, Vol. 2. SPB, The Hague, Netherlands, pp. 247-255.
13. Lugo, A.E., 1992b. Comparison of tropical tree plantations with secondary forests of similar age. Ecol. Monogr., 62: 1-41.
14. Lugo, A.E., Parrotta, J. and Brown, S., 1993. Loss in species caused by tropical deforestation and their recovery through management. Ambio, 22: 106-109.
15. Mitra, S.S. and Sheldon, F.H., 1993. Use of an exotic tree plantation by Bornean lowland forest birds. Auk, 110: 529-537.
16. Parrotta, J.A., 1992. The role of plantation forests in rehabilitating degraded tropical ecosystems. Agric. Ecosys. Environ., 41: 115-133.
17. Parrotta, J.A., 1993. Secondary forest regeneration on degraded tropical lands. The role of plantations as 'foster ecosystems'. In: H. Lieth and M. Lohmann (Editors), Restoration of Tropical Forest Ecosystems. Kluwer, Netherlands, pp. 63-73.
18. Proctor, J. (Editor), 1989. Mineral Nutrients in Tropical Forest and Savanna Ecosystems. Blackwell, London.
19. Sanchez, P.A., 1976. Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics. John Wiley, New York.
20. Struhsaker, T.T., Kasenene, J.M., Gaither, J.C., Jr., Larsen, N., Musango, S. and Bancroft, R., 1989. Tree mortality in the Kibale Forest, Uganda: a case study of dieback in a tropical rain forest adjacent to exotic conifer plantations. For. Ecol. Manage., 29: 165-185.
21. Thompson, D.A., Wright, D.L. and Evelyn, O., 1986. Forest resources in Jamaica. In: D.A. Thompson, P.K. Bretting and M. Humphreys (Editors), Forest of Jamaica. The Jamaican Society of Scientists and Technologists, Kingston, Jamaica, pp. 81-90.
22. Turnbull, J.W. (Editor), 1987. Australian acacias in developing countries. Proc. No. 16, Australian Centre for International Research, Canberra, Australia.
23. Yu Zou Yue and Pi Yong Feng, 1985. The path and its effects to rehabilitating vegetation on tropical littoral eroded land in Guangdong Province. Trop. Subtrop. Ecosys., 3: 97-108.