Spatial and temporal dynamics of forest canopy gaps following selective logging in the eastern Amazon

Global Change Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 765-783

  Asner, Gregory P ^a   Keller, Michael ^b,c   Silva, Jose N M ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d EMBRAPA AMAZÔNIA ORIENTAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amason basin; Brazil; Canopy damage; Carbon cycle; Forest recovery; Gap fraction; Selective logging; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAP DYNAMICS; REFORESTATION; SELECTIVE LOGGING;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 2642538554     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2003.00756.x     Document Type: Article

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