Selective logging effects on abundance, diversity, and composition of tropical understory herbs

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 807-819

  Costa, Flávia ^a   Magnusson, William ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abundance; Central Amazonia; Composition; Diversity; Forest conservation; Herb; Logging intensity; Selective logging; Skidder track; Tropical forest; Understory

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HERB; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0036628177     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[0807:SLEOAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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