Ecological impacts of different harvesting scenarios for temperate evergreen rain forest in southern Chile-A simulation experiment

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 252, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 52-66

  Rüger, Nadja ^a   Gutiérrez, Álvaro G ^a   Kissling, W Daniel ^a   Armesto, Juan J ^b,c   Huth, Andreas ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Forest model; FORMIND; Selective logging; Sustainable forest management; Valdivian temperate rain forest

Indexed keywords

CHILE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FOREST MODELS; FORMIND; VALDIVIAN TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST;

HARVESTING;

CANOPY GAP; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVERGREEN FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HARVESTING; LOGGING (TIMBER); NATIVE SPECIES; RAINFOREST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ECOSYSTEMS; SELECTIVE CUTTING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EUCRYPHIA CORDIFOLIA; LAURELIOPSIS PHILIPPIANA;

EID: 35448986184     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.020     Document Type: Article

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