Forest regeneration ten years after clear-fell logging in the Gogol Valley, Madang Province: Implications for the 35-year forest cutting cycle in Papua New Guinea

Science in New Guinea

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 119-134

  Saulei, Simon ^c   Parsons, Mike ^a   Petasi, Ikising ^b  

^a Conservation Resource Centre ^*  (Papua New Guinea)

^b Pogera Joint Venture Ltd   (Papua New Guinea)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY; FOREST; GROWTH RATE; LOGGING; REGENERATION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0033502815     PISSN: 03104303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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