Coarse woody debris in undisturbed and logged forests in the eastern Brazilian Amazon

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 784-795

  Keller, Michael ^a,b   Palace, Michael ^a   Asner, Gregory P ^c   Pereira Jr , Rodrigo ^d   Silva, José Natalino M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INAM   (Brazil)

^e EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Coarse woody debris; Reduced impact logging; Selective logging; Tropical forest; Wood density

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING (TIMBER); TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2642527922     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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