Initial impact of supervised logging and pre-logging climber cutting compared with conventional logging in a dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 221, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 233-240

  Forshed, Olle ^a   Udarbe, Trevor ^b   Karlsson, Anders ^a   Falck, Jan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Rakyat Berjaya   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Climber cutting; Directional felling; Logging; Logging damage; Pre marked skid trail; RIL

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLIMBER CUTTING; DIRECTIONAL FELLING; LOGGING DAMAGE; PRE-MARKER SKID TRAIL; RIL;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOREST HEALTH; RAINFOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING;

CUTTING; LOGGING; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 29744442740     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.007     Document Type: Article

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