Stand development after two modes of selective logging and pre-felling climber cutting in a dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 993-1001

  Forshed, Olle ^a   Karlsson, Anders ^a   Falck, Jan ^a   Cedergren, Jonas ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Forest Agency   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dipterocarp; Directional felling; Pre marked skid trails; RIL; Stand growth

Indexed keywords

CUTTING; PLANNING;

DIRECTIONAL FELLING; PRE-MARKED SKID-TRAILS;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH; RAINFOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SILVICULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; TESTING METHOD;

CUTTING; LOGGING; PLANNING;

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

EID: 38949204096     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Alvira D., Putz F., and Fredericksen T. Liana loads and post-logging liana densities after liana cutting in a lowland forest in Bolivia. For. Ecol. Manage. 190 (2004) 73-86
2. Appanah S., and Putz F.E. Climber abundance in virgin dipterocarp forest and the effect of pre-felling climber cutting on logging damage. Malays. For. 47 4 (1984) 335-342
3. Bertault J.G., and Sist P. An experimental comparison of different harvesting intensities with reduced-impact and conventional logging in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. For. Ecol. Manage. 94 13 (1997) 209-218
4. Brearley F., Prajadinata S., Kidd P., Proctor J., and Suriantata. Structure and floristics of an old secondary rain forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, and a comparison with adjacent primary forest. For. Ecol. Manage. 195 (2004) 385-397
5. Cannon C., Peart D., Leighton M., and Kartawinata K. The structure of lowland rainforest after selective logging in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. For. Ecol. Manage. 67 (1994) 49-68
6. Cedergren, J., 1996. A silvicultural evaluation of stand characteristics, pre-felling climber cutting and directional felling in a primary dipterocarp forest in Sabah, Malaysia. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae Silvestria, 1996, No. 9, 37 pp., ISBN: 91-576-5207-4.
7. Cedergren, J., Falck, J., Garcia, A., Goh, F., Hagner, M., 1996. Pre-alignment of skid trails and directional felling to improve residual stand in tropical rain forest. Working Reports 119, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, 12 pp.
8. Cedergren J., Falck J., Garcia A., Goh F., and Hagner M. Feasibility and usefulness of directional felling in a tropical rain forest. J. Trop. For. Sci. 14 2 (2002) 179-190
9. Chai D.N.P., and Udarbe M.P. The effectiveness of current silvicultural practice in Sabah. Malays. For. 40 1 (1977) 27-35
10. Favrichon V., and Nguyen-Thé N. Estimation of the harvestable potential after logging in a lowland mixed dipterocarp forest of East Kalimantan. J. Trop. For. Sci. 13 1 (2001) 62-75
11. Forshed O., Udarbe T., Karlsson A., and Falck J. Initial impact of supervised logging and pre-logging climber cutting compared with conventional logging in a dipterocarp rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. For. Ecol. Manage. 221 (2006) 233-240
12. Grauel W., and Putz F. Effects of lianas on growth and regeneration of Prioria copaifera in Darien, Panama. For. Ecol. Manage. 190 (2004) 99-108
13. Huth A., and Ditzer T. Long-term impacts of logging in a tropical rain forest-a simulation study. For. Ecol. Manage. 142 (2001) 33-51
14. Kuusipalo J., Jafarsidik Y., Ådjers G., and Tuomela K. Population dynamics of tree seedlings in a mixed dipterocarp rainforest before and after logging and crown liberation. For. Ecol. Manage. 81 (1996) 85-94
15. Manokaran N., and Kochummen K. Tree growth in a primary lowland and hill dipterocarp forests. J. Trop. For. Sci. 6 3 (1987) 332-345, 349
16. Nussbaum R., Anderson J., and Spencer T. Factors limiting the growth of indigenous tree seedlings planted on degraded rainforest soils in Sabah, Malaysia. For. Ecol. Manage. 74 1/3 (1995) 149-159
17. Ong, R., Kleine, M., 1995. DIPSIM a dipterocarp forest growth simulation model for Sabah. Forest Research Centre Research Papers, No. 2. Forestry Department, Sabah, Malaysia, 94 pp., ISBN: 983-9554-07-7.
18. Parren M., and Bongers F. Does climber cutting reduce felling damage in southern Cameroon?. For. Ecol. Manage. 141 (2001) 175-188
19. Pinard M.A., Putz F.E., Tay J., and Sullivan T.E. Creating timber harvest guidelines for a reduced-impact logging project in Malaysia. J. For. 93 10 (1995) 41-45
20. Pinard M., Putz F., and Tay J. Lessons learned from the implementation of reduced-impact logging in hilly terrain in Sabah, Malaysia. Int. For. Rev. 2 1 (2000) 33-39
21. Putz F. Silvicultural effects of lianas. In: Puts F., and Mooney H. (Eds). The Biology of Vines (1991), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 526 pp., ISBN: 0-521-29250-0
22. Richards P.W. The Tropical Rain Forest. second ed. (1996), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 575 pp., ISBN: 0-521-42194-2
23. Schnitzer S., Parren M., and Bongers F. Recruitment of lianas into logging gaps and the effects of pre-harvest climber cutting in a lowland forest in Cameroon. For. Ecol. Manage. 190 (2004) 87-98
24. Sist P., Nolan T., Bertault J., and Dykstra D. Harvesting intensity versus sustainabililty in Indonesia. For. Ecol. Manage. 108 (1998) 251-260
25. Sist P. Reduced-impact logging in the tropics: objectives principles and impacts. Int. For. Rev. 2 1 (2000) 3-10
26. Sist P., Bertault J.G., and Picard N. Why Minimum Diameter Cutting Alone Cannot Fit with RIL Objectives. Applying Reduced Impact Logging to Advance Sustainable Forest Management (2002), FAO Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission pp. 65-74, ISBN: 974-7946-23-8
27. Sist P., and Nguyen-Thé N. Logging damage and the subsequent dynamics of a dipterocarp forest in East Kalimantan. For. Ecol. Manage. 165 (2002) 85-103
28. Sist P., Picard N., and Gourlet-Fleury S. Sustainable cutting cycle and yields in a lowland mixed dipterocarp forest of Borneo. Ann. For. Sci. 60 (2003) 803-814
29. Tuomela K., Kuusipalo J., Vesa L., Nuryanto K., Sagala A., and Ådjers G. Growth of dipterocarp seedlings in artificial gaps: an experiment in a logged-over rainorest in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. For. Ecol. Manage. 81 (1996) 95-100
30. van Gardingen P.R., McLeish M.J., Phillips P.D., Fadilah D., Tyrie G., and Yasman I. Financial and ecological analysis of management options for logged-over Dipterocarp forests in Indonesian Borneo. For. Ecol. Manage. 183 (2003) 1-29
31. Wong F. A study of the growth of the main commercial species in the Segaluid, Lokan F.R. Sandakan, Sabah. Malays. For. 36 2 (1973) 20-31
32. Whitmore T.C. An Introduction to Tropical Rain Forests. second ed. (1998), Oxford University Press 282 pp., ISBN: 0-19-850147-1