Effect of selective logging on canopy and stand structure and tree species composition in a lowland dipterocarp forest in peninsular Malaysia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 297-320

  Okuda, Toshinori ^a   Suzuki, Mariko ^a   Adachi, Naoki ^b   Quah, Eng Seng ^c   Hussein, Nor Azman ^c   Manokaran, N ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Aerial triangulation; Ecologically sustainable forest management; Malaysian Uniform System; Regenerating forest; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY;

CANOPY;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

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

MALAYSIA;

MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0037416121     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00137-8     Document Type: Article

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