When big trees fall: Damage and carbon export by reduced impact logging in southern Amazonia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 219, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 199-215

  Feldpausch, Ted R ^a   Jirka, Stefan ^a   Passos, Carlos A M ^b   Jasper, Franklin ^c   Riha, Susan J ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^c Rohden Indústria Lígnea Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Brazil; Deforestation; Forest certification; Gap; LAI; Primary forest; RIL; Selective logging

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEFORESTATION; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

AMAZON; GAP; LAI; PRIMARY FOREST; RIL;

FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DEFORESTATION; GAP DYNAMICS; LOGGING (TIMBER); SELECTIVE LOGGING; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BRAZIL; CARBON; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; LOGGING;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 28544442000     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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